Are phenolics leaching from the lichen Cladina stellaris sources of energy rather than allelopathic agents for soil microorganisms?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1381-1385

  Stark, Sari ^a,b   Hyvärinen, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Boreal forest; Cladina stellaris; Lichen; Lichen acids; Microbial community; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FORESTRY; LEACHING; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS; VEGETATION;

RESPIRATION;

SOIL TESTING;

ALLELOPATHY; BOREAL FOREST; LEACHING; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CLADINA STELLARIS; CLADONIA STELLARIS;

EID: 0141452055     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00217-7     Document Type: Article

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