Does short-term heating of forest humus change its properties as a substrate for microbes?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 277-288

  Pietikäinen, Janna ^a   Hiukka, Risto ^a   Fritze, Hannu ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Boreal forest; FTIR; Microbial biomass; Phospholipid fatty acids; Soil heating; Substrate utilization pattern

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FATTY ACID; FOREST; HEATING; HUMUS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBE RESPIRATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

BURNING; FOREST SOIL; HUMUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 0342470615     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00164-9     Document Type: Article

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