Aboveground and belowground responses to quality and heterogeneity of organic inputs to the boreal forest

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-118

  Dehlin, Helena ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a   Wardle, David A ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Microbial basal respiration; Microbial metabolic quotient; Substrate mixing; Substrate induced respiration

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; VERTEBRATA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SWEDEN; TREE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETULA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWEDEN; TREES;

EID: 35248812720     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0501-5     Document Type: Article

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