Successional and seasonal variations in soil and litter microbial community structure and function during tropical postagricultural forest regeneration: A multiyear study

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3532-3547

  Smith, A Peyton ^a   Marín Spiotta, Erika ^a   Balser, Teri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular enzymes; Forest succession; Land use change; Litter; Microbial communities; PLFA FAME; Soil; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME; FATTY ACID; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REFORESTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; FOREST; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PUERTO RICO; SEASON;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; PLANT LEAVES; PUERTO RICO; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84942295901     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12947     Document Type: Article

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