Physical disturbance of an upland grassland influences the impact of elevated UV-B radiation on metabolic profiles of below-ground micro-organisms

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1146-1154

  Avery, L M ^a   Thorpe, P C ^b   Thompson, K ^b   Paul, N D ^c   Grime, J P ^b   West, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biolog ; Disturbance; Metabolic profile; Rhizosphere microbes; Upland grassland; UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; RHIZOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; POACEAE;

EID: 3242704757     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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