Relationships among plants, soils and microbial communities along a hydrological gradient in the New Jersey Pinelands, USA

摘要

Background and AimsUnderstanding the role of different components of hydrology in structuring wetland communities is not well developed. A sequence of adjacent wetlands located on a catenary sequence of soils and receiving the same sources and qualities of water is used to examine specifically the role of water-table median position and variability in affecting plant and microbial community composition and soil properties.