Catabolic profiles of soil fungal communities along a geographic climatic gradient in Israel

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2578-2587

  Oren, A ^a   Steinberger, Y ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

(Soil) fungal communities; Catabolic profile; Climatic gradient; Low solubility substrates; Substrate recalcitrance; Whole soil method

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS;

(SOIL) FUNGAL COMMUNITIES; CATABOLIC PROFILE; CLIMATIC GRADIENT; LOW-SOLUBILITY SUBSTRATES; SUBSTRATE RECALCITRANCE; WHOLE-SOIL METHOD;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CATABOLISM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYTOMASS; RAINFALL; RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

FUNGI;

EID: 51549118852     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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