Ecosystem response of pasture soil communities to fumigation-induced microbial diversity reductions: An examination of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship

Oikos

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 279-294

  Griffiths, B S ^a   Ritz, K ^a   Bardgett, R D ^b   Cook, R ^c   Christensen, S ^d   Ekelund, F ^d   Sorensen S J ^d   Baath E ^e   Bloem, J ^f   De Ruiter, P C ^f   Dolfing, J ^f   Nicolardot, B ^g  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g INRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; CHLOROFORM; COPPER SULFATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL; THYMIDINE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FUMIGATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0033855648     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900208.x     Document Type: Article

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