Decomposition, microbial community structure, and earthworm effects along a birch-spruce soil gradient

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 834-846

  Saetre, Peter ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea caliginosa; C and N mineralization; Microbial biomass; Microbial community structure; Phospholipid fatty acid pattern; Soil mixtures

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; CALIGINOSA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PICEA;

EID: 0031818957     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0834:DMCSAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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