Transformation and mineralization of soil organic nitrogen by the humivorous larva of Pachnoda ephippiata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 233-244

  Li, Xiangzhen ^a,c   Brune, Andreas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Chitin; Humivory; Peptides; Peptidoglycan; Soil macroinvertebrates; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; BEETLE; CHITIN; DIGESTION; FEEDING MECHANISM; HUMIC ACID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PEPTIDE; POLYMER; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOLUBILIZATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TRANSFORMATION;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PACHNODA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 38349157790     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9440-0     Document Type: Article

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