How Does Conversion of Natural Tropical Rainforest Ecosystems Affect Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities in the Nile River Watershed of Uganda?

• Peter O. Alele ,

  * E-mail: alelepeter@gmail.com

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China, Great Nile Conservation Centre (GNCC), Lira, Uganda, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Kabale, Uganda

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• Douglas Sheil,

  Affiliations Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation (ITFC), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Kabale, Uganda

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• Yann Surget-Groba,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China

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• Shi Lingling,

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

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• Charles H. Cannon

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, P. R. China, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

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