Habitat Fragmentation can Modulate Drought Effects on the Plant-soil-microbial System in Mediterranean Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) Forests

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 798-812

  Flores Rentería, Dulce ^a   Curiel Yuste, Jorge ^a   Rincón, Ana ^b   Brearley, Francis Q ^c   García Gil, Juan Carlos ^d   Valladares, Fernando ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought; Habitat fragmentation; Microorganisms; Rewetting; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; FOREST; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPAIN;

DROUGHTS; FORESTS; QUERCUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN;

EID: 84940002080     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0584-9     Document Type: Article

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