Elevated UV-B radiation modifies the extractability of carbohydrates from leaf litter of Quercus robur

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-126

  McLeod, A R ^a   Newsham, K K ^b   Fry, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basidiomycete fungi; Carbohydrates; Cell wall; Decomposition; Driselase; Leaf litter; Polysaccharides; Quercus robur; Stratospheric ozone depletion; UV A and UV B radiation

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; FUNGI; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSACCHARIDES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTES;

BASIDIOMYCETE FUNGI; CELL WALL; DRISELASE; LEAF LITTER; QUERCUS ROBUR; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION; UV-A AND UV-B RADIATION;

CARBOHYDRATES;

CARBOHYDRATE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ESTER; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAPLING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 33751029263     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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