Organic matter dynamics in a temperate forest soil following enhanced drying

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 478-489

  Schmitt, Andrea ^a   Glaser, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Climate change; Disturbance; Drought; Lignin; Microbial community; Phospholipid fatty acid; Soil organic matter; Sugar

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CHEMICAL CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT PERIODS; EXTRACTABILITY; FIELD CONDITIONS; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; HEAVY RAINFALL; LABILE CARBON; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NORWAY SPRUCE STANDS; ORGANIC LAYERS; ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PLANT MATERIAL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RE-WETTING; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL STRUCTURE; STABLE CARBON; SUGAR CONTENT; TEMPERATE FORESTS; THROUGHFALL EXCLUSION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREATMENT EFFECTS; WATER STRESS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LAKES; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; LIGNIN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PODZOL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; STABILIZATION; SUGAR; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER CONTENT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATES; DROUGHT; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LAKES; LIGNINS; LIPIDS; ORGANIC MATTER; RAIN; SOIL; SUGAR;

EUROPE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PICEA ABIES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78751574078     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.09.037     Document Type: Article

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