Experimental warming effects on the microbial community of a temperate mountain forest soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1417-1425

  Schindlbacher, A ^a   Rodler, A ^a   Kuffner, M ^b   Kitzler, B ^a   Sessitsch, A ^b   Zechmeister Boltenstern, S ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; Microbial community structure; PLFA; RRNA genes; Soil warming

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLFA; RRNA GENES; SOIL WARMING;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; GENES; GLOBAL WARMING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SNOW;

SOILS;

BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; FOREST SOIL; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WARMING;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYMES; EXPERIMENTATION; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; GENES; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MOUNTAINS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; SNOW; SOIL;

AUSTRIA;

PICEA;

EID: 79955964088     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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