Plant diversity effects on soil microorganisms support the singular hypothesis

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 485-496

  Eisenhauer, N ^a,e   Bessler H ^b   Engels, C ^b   Gleixner, G ^c   Habekost, M ^c   Milcu, A ^d   Partsch, S ^a   Sabais, A C W ^a   Scherber, C ^e   Steinbeiss, S ^c,f   Weigelt, A ^g   Weisser, W W ^g   Scheu, S ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above and belowground interrelationships; Biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationship; Jena experiment; Microbial biomass; Microbial nutrient limitation; Microbial respiration; Redundancy hypothesis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION;

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS; POPULATION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77949302399     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2338.1     Document Type: Article

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