Functional implications of the pH-trait distribution of the microbial community in a re-inoculation experiment across a pH gradient

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-78

  Bárcenas Moreno, Gema ^a   Bååth, Erland ^b   Rousk, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Founder control; Fungal to bacterial dominance; Microbial ecology; Microbial growth; Trait distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PH; SOILS;

COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY; FUNGAL TO BACTERIAL DOMINANCE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; TRAIT DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNGUS; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PH; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84947966979     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.10.024     Document Type: Article

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