Cell-wall polysaccharides play an important role in decay resistance of Sphagnum and actively depressed decomposition in vitro

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-57

  Hajek T ^a,b   Ballance, Simon ^c,d   Limpens, Juul ^e   Zijlstra, Mink ^e   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NOFIMA   (Norway)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental changes; Litter chemistry; Metabolites; Mosses; Nitrogen mineralization; Peatlands; Phenolics; Sphagnan

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; GRASS; LITTER; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; MOSS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL RESPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 79952104714     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9444-3     Document Type: Article

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