Overstory-specific effects of litter fall on the microbial carbon turnover in a mature deciduous forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-114

  Baum, Christel ^a   Fienemann, Mirko ^b   Glatzel, Stephan ^a   Gleixner, Gerd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; C turnover; Isotope signature; Litter decomposition; PLFA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOMARKERS; BACTERIAL POPULATIONS; C TURNOVER; CARBON TURNOVERS; DECIDUOUS FORESTS; DECIDUOUS TREES; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOLIAR LITTERS; GERMANY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; ISOTOPE SIGNATURE; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MICROBIAL C; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PLFA; SAMPLING DATES; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS; TREE SPECIES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; ISOTOPES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; LITTERFALL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OVERSTORY; PHOSPHOLIPID;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACIDS; FOREST LITTER; FUNGI; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ACER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; FRAXINUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI;

EID: 67349089096     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.047     Document Type: Article

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