Microbes in the anthropocene: Spillover of agriculturally selected bacteria and their impact on natural ecosystems

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1844, 2016, Pages

  Bell, Thomas ^a   Tylianakis, Jason M ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ecosystem functioning; Local adaptation; Microbial dispersal; Soil bacteria; Source sink models

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANTHROPOCENE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85006118781     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0896     Document Type: Review

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