The Soil Microbiome of GLORIA Mountain Summits in the Swiss Alps

While vegetation has intensively been surveyed on mountain summits, limited knowledge exists about the diversity and community structure of soil biota. Here, we study how climatic variables, vegetation, parent material, soil properties, and slope aspect affect the soil microbiome on 10 GLORIA (Globa...

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Main Authors: Magdalene Adamczyk, Frank Hagedorn, Sonja Wipf, Johanna Donhauser, Pascal Vittoz, Christian Rixen, Aline Frossard, Jean-Paul Theurillat, Beat Frey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01080/full