Canopy soil bacterial communities altered by severing host tree limbs

Trees of temperate rainforests host a large biomass of epiphytic plants, which are associated with soils formed in the forest canopy. Falling of epiphytic material results in the transfer of carbon and nutrients from the canopy to the forest floor. This study provides the first characterization of b...

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Main Authors: Cody R. Dangerfield, Nalini M. Nadkarni, William J. Brazelton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3773.pdf