Ecological consequences of carbon substrate identity and diversity in a laboratory study

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 580-593

  Orwin, Kate H ^a,b,d   Wardle, David A ^b,c   Greenfield, Laurence G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon substrate quality; Decomposition; Diversity; Ecosystem function; Fatty acids; Plant growth; Polysaccharides; Simple sugars; Tannins

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWTH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT; TANNIN;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33646125868     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0383     Document Type: Article

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