Early bacterial and fungal colonization of leaf litter in fossil Creek, Arizona

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• leaf litter 86%
• litter 67%
• colonization 65%
• creek 62%
• fossil 52%
• microbial community 48%
• incubation 48%
• decomposition 41%
• travertine 18%
• environmental gradient 16%
• ecosystem process 15%
• clone 15%
• polymorphism 15%
• water chemistry 14%
• trophic level 14%
• rate 14%
• food web 13%
• library 13%
• fungus 12%
• water flow 12%
• community structure 12%
• environmental conditions 11%
• nutrient 9%
• habitat 8%
• ecosystem 8%
• energy 6%
• comparison 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• bacterial colonization 100%
• fossils 74%
• plant litter 73%
• microbial communities 34%
• fungal communities 31%
• bacterial communities 27%
• degradation 21%
• leaves 15%
• ecosystems 13%
• hydrochemistry 11%
• water flow 10%
• trophic levels 10%
• food webs 9%
• community structure 8%
• restriction fragment length polymorphism 7%
• clones 6%
• microorganisms 5%
• environmental factors 5%
• fungi 5%
• nutrients 5%
• energy 5%
• habitats 5%