Effects of mesofauna in a spruce forest on soil microbial communities and N cycling in field mesocosms

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1783-1792

  Kandeler, Ellen ^a   Kampichler, Christian ^b   Joergensen, Rainer G ^c   Mölter, Kerstin ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Inst für Bodenwissenschaften   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesocosm microbial faunal interactions; Mesofauna; N transformations; Soil microbial communities; Spruce forest

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEAMINASE; BIOMASS; CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST; MESOCOSM; MICROBE RESPIRATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINASE; SOIL;

FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL FAUNA;

EID: 0032848970     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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