Assessing the impact of elevated CO2 on soil microbial activity in a Mediterranean model ecosystem

Plant and Soil: An International Journal on Plant-Soil Relationships

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 333-342

  Dhillion, Shivcharn S ^a,b   Roy, Jacques ^a   Abra, Mary ^a,c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c City of Portland   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 enrichment; hyphal length; microbial biomass; microbial community; mycorrhizae; root length; root mass; soil enzymes; substrate utilization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYPHAL LENGTH; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MYCORRHIZA; ROOT LENGTH; SOIL ENZYME;

MEDITERRANEAN;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MYCORRHIZAE;

EID: 0030299104     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00017098     Document Type: Article

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