Tree girdling provides insight on the role of labile carbon in nitrogen partitioning between soil microorganisms and adult European beech

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1622-1631

  Dannenmann, Michael ^a   Simon, Judy ^b   Gasche, Rainer ^a   Holst, Jutta ^b   Naumann, Pascale Sarah ^c   Kögel Knabner, Ingrid ^c   Knicker, Heike ^c   Mayer, Helmut ^b   Schloter, Michael ^d   Pena, Rodica ^e   Polle, Andrea ^e   Rennenberg, Heinz ^b   Papen, Hans ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Beech; Competition; Denitrification; Microbial immobilization; Mycorrhiza; N metabolite profiling; N mineralization; Nitrification; Plant N uptake

Indexed keywords

BEECH; MICROBIAL IMMOBILIZATION; MYCORRHIZA; N METABOLITE PROFILING; N MINERALIZATION; PLANT N UPTAKE;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; BIOMOLECULES; COMPETITION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNGI; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MINERALOGY; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; SOILS;

MICROORGANISMS;

AMINO ACID; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENITRIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNGUS; IMMOBILIZATION; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CENOCOCCUM GEOPHILUM; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI;

EID: 67650045502     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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