The Effect of Vegetation upon Soil Bacterial Communities | Examining Diversity and Function in a Scottish Grassland Soil

Bruce Thomson

ISBN 10: 3639274458 / ISBN 13: 9783639274455

Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

The Effect of Vegetation upon Soil Bacterial Communities | Examining Diversity and Function in a Scottish Grassland Soil | Bruce Thomson | Taschenbuch | Englisch | VDM Verlag Dr. Müller | EAN 9783639274455 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 107486203

Inhaltsangabe:

By decomposing organic matter, bacterial communities are essential for plant growth and ecosystem functioning. Conversely, plants select for particular bacterial communities by depositing C resources belowground. These substrates are utilised by bacteria, which consequently drives soil C cycling. However, the exact mechanisms of this intimate relationship remain unclear. This book examines the effects of vegetation on bacterial community structure and whether plant driven differences in bacterial community composition affect C cycling in a grassland soil at the NERC experimental field site, Sourhope, Scotland. Four experiments were carried out to assess C cycling through basal soil respiration, substrate-specific respiration and priming effects measurements. Concurrently, soil bacterial communities were examined using a range of molecular techniques including stable isotope probing. This work highlights linkages between soil bacterial community composition and C functioning, and will be of interest to soil ecologists interested in above ground, belowground interactions.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Effect of Vegetation upon Soil Bacterial...
Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu