Convergence of soil microbial properties after plant colonization of an experimental plant diversity gradient

BMC Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Steinauer, Katja ^a,b   Jensen, Britta ^c   Strecker, Tanja ^c   Luca, Enrica ^d   Scheu, Stefan ^c   Eisenhauer, Nico ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Jena Experiment; Microbial biomass; Plant colonization; Plant coverage; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY;

BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84962867371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12898-016-0073-0     Document Type: Article

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