Plant–soil feedbacks: connecting ecosystem ecology and evolution

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1032-1042

  Van Nuland, Michael E ^a   Wooliver, Rachel C ^a   Pfennigwerth, Alix A ^a   Read, Quentin D ^a   Ware, Ian M ^a   Mueller, Liam ^a   Fordyce, James A ^a   Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^a   Bailey, Joseph K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

above ground below ground relationships; eco evolutionary dynamics; ecosystem ecology; G G interactions; plant soil feedback; selection; soil gradients; soil microbes

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; SELECTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84977156739     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12690     Document Type: Article

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