Interactive effects of pH and substrate quality on the fungal-to-bacterial ratio and QCO2 of microbial communities in forest soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 1269-1274

  Blagodatskaya, Evgenia V ^a   Anderson, Traute Heidi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; PH; RESPIRATORY RATIO; SELECTIVE INHIBITION; SUBSTRATE QUALITY;

BACTERIA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST SOIL; FUNGI; PH; SUBSTRATE;

GERMANY;

ABIES; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0032171237     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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