Linking soil microbial communities to vascular plant abundance along a climate gradient

New Phytologist

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1175-1182

  Bragazza, Luca ^a,b,c   Bardgett, Richard D ^d   Mitchell, Edward A D ^e,f   Buttler, Alexandre ^a,b,g  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^f Chemin du Perthuis du Sault 58   (Switzerland)

^g Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biomass; Bogs; Enzymes; Ericoids; Fungi; Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA); Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PEATLAND; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER CONTENT;

FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE; FUNGI; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84920964198     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13116     Document Type: Article

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