Between 11–16 June 2012, seven soil samples (one sample per 2 m × 2 m subplot) were collected in each of the sixty 10 m × 10 m plots, for a total of 420 samples. Subsampling was done to obtain more ac
The study was designed to explore the significance of interspecific competition in driving niche differentiation between ammonia oxidizing bacteria and archaea in ammonium-rich alkaline soil
