Effects of past and current drought on the composition and diversity of soil microbial communities

2018/12/22 by Catherine Preece, Erik Verbruggen, Lei Liu +2 · 283 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #16S ribosomal RNA #Agronomy #Alpha diversity #Amplicon sequencing #Bacteria #Biology #Biomass (ecology) #Ecology #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Microbial population biology #Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions #Plant community #Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics #Soil water #Species richness

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.12.022

published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry 131, 28-39 (Elsevier BV)

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