Crop rotational diversity enhances belowground communities and functions in an agroecosystem

Ecology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 761-771

  Tiemann, L K ^a,b   Grandy, A S ^a   Atkinson, E E ^c   Marin Spiotta, E ^c   Mcdaniel, M D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Microbial community; Soil carbon; Soil nitrogen; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CROP ROTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON; NITROGEN; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MICHIGAN; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84946402968     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12453     Document Type: Article

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