Nitrogen deposition, vegetation burning and climate warming act independently on microbial community structure and enzyme activity associated with decomposing litter in low-alpine heath

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3120-3132

  Papanikolaou, Niki ^a,b   Britton, Andrea J ^a   Helliwell, Rachel C ^a   Johnson, David ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon turnover; Climate change; Enzyme activities; Microbial diversity; Soil bacteria; Soil fungi; Soil microorganisms

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATHLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77957304271     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02196.x     Document Type: Article

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