Functional diversity of terrestrial microbial decomposers and their substrates

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 334, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 393-402

  Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a   Fromin, Nathalie ^a   Barantal, Sandra ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biogeochemical cycles; Decomposition; Dissimilarity; Ecosystem functioning; Functional diversity indices; Fungi; Leaf litter

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DECOMPOSER; ECOSYSTEM; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; METAGENOMICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PLANT LITTER; REVIEW; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 79958071580     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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