Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed species-rich grasslands

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1131-1139

  De Deyn, G B ^a,b   Quirk, H ^a   Oakley, S ^c   Ostle, N ^c   Bardgett, R D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CARBON CYCLE; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOSS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARBUSCULAR; BRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS REPENS;

EID: 79956091014     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-1131-2011     Document Type: Article

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