Litter degradation rate and β-glucosidase activity increase with fungal diversity

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1076-1085

  Lebauer, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DECOMPOSITION RATE; DEGRADATION RATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; FUNGAL DIVERSITY; FUNGAL SPECIES; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITY; LABILE CARBON; NUMBER OF SPECIES; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; POLYPHENOL OXIDASE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SPECIES NUMBER;

BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; PHENOLS;

FUNGI;

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GLOBAL CHANGE; INOCULATION; LIGNIN; LITTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 77953201860     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-054     Document Type: Article

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