A metagenomic survey of forest soil microbial communities more than a decade after timber harvesting.

ABSTRACT: The scarcity of long-term data on soil microbial communities in the decades following timber harvesting limits current understanding of the ecological problems associated with maintaining the productivity of managed forests. The high complexity of soil communities and the heterogeneity of forest and soil necessitates a comprehensive approach to understand the role of microbial processes in managed forest ecosystems. Here, we describe a curated collection of well replicated, multi-faceted data from eighteen reforested sites in six different North American ecozones within the Long-term Soil Productivity (LTSP) Study, without detailed analysis of results or discussion. The experiments were designed to contrast microbial community composition and function among forest soils from harvested trea

SUBMITTER: Wilhelm RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5525643 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature