Soil microbial diversity and soil functioning affect competition among grasses in experimental microcosms

Oecologia

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 232-240

  Bonkowski, Michael ^a,b   Roy, Jacques ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microbial level; Phytometer; Plant community level; Redundancy; Stability

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRASS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROCOSM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLORIMETRY; FRANCE; LINEAR MODELS; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEGILOPS GENICULATA; BROMUS HORDEACEUS; BROMUS MADRITENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 17044406729     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1790-1     Document Type: Article

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