Drying-rewetting cycles and γ-irradiation effects on enzyme activities of distinct layers from a Quercus ilex L. litter

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-290

  Alarcón Gutiérrez, Enrique ^a   Floch, Carine ^a   Ziarelli, Fabio ^a   Augur, Christopher ^a   Criquet, Stéven ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Irradiation; Abiotic fluctuations; Drying rewetting; Enzyme activities; Moisture

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FLUCTUATIONS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; DRYING-REWETTING; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLASES; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; IRRADIATION EFFECT; LITTER DEPTH; LITTER LAYER; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MESOCOSMS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; ORGANIC MATTER; QUERCUS ILEX; RE-WETTING; SOLVATATION; THREE-LAYER; WATER STRESS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CURING; DESORPTION; DEWATERING; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER CONTENT;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; ENZYME; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMIFICATION; IRRADIATION; LEAF LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

CURING; DESORPTION; DRAINAGE; DROUGHT; DRYING; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 72149129216     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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