Microbial communities on litter of managed and abandoned alpine pastureland

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 845-851

  Knapp, Brigitte Amalia ^a   Rief, Alexander ^a   Seeber, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine pastureland; Litter decomposition; Microbial community composition; Polymerase chain reaction denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR DGGE) analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASS; HERB; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND TYPE; LITTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PASTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL SURFACE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; POACEAE; TROLLIUS EUROPAEUS; VACCINIUM; VITACEAE; VITIS;

EID: 80052506945     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-011-0561-5     Document Type: Article

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