Deterministic processes dominate soil microbial community assembly in subalpine coniferous forests on the Loess Plateau

Microbial community assembly is influenced by a continuum (actually the trade-off) between deterministic and stochastic processes. An understanding of this ecological continuum is of great significance for drawing inferences about the effects of community assembly processes on microbial community st...

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Main Authors: Pengyu Zhao, Jiabing Bao, Xue Wang, Yi Liu, Cui Li, Baofeng Chai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6746.pdf