Phenolic-rich leaf carbon fractions differentially influence microbial respiration and plant growth

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-107

  Meier, Courtney L ^a   Bowman, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Low molecular weight phenolics; Mineral nutrition; Phenolics; Plant growth; Plant secondary compounds; Plant soil interactions; Soil nitrogen; Tannins

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ALLELOPATHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POPULATION GROWTH; RESPIRATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; TANNIN;

ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; UNITED STATES;

CELL RESPIRATION; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TANNINS;

ACOMASTYLIS ROSSII; DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA;

EID: 53549095956     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1124-9     Document Type: Article

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