Response of different decomposer communities to the manipulation of moisture availability: Potential effects of changing precipitation patterns

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1313-1324

  Taylor, Astrid Rita ^a   Schröter, Dagmar ^b   Pflug, Anne ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; Microbial biomass; Precipitation patterns; Soil fauna; Soil processes; Spruce litter

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL BIOTA;

NEMATODA; PICEA;

EID: 4043083710     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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