Legacy effects overwhelm the short-term effects of exotic plant invasion and restoration on soil microbial community structure, enzyme activities, and nitrogen cycling

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 733-745

  Elgersma, Kenneth J ^a,b   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^a   Yu, Shen ^a,c   Vor, Torsten ^a,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Berberis thunbergii; Extracellular enzymes; Legacies; Phospholipid fatty acids; Plant soil interactions

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPID;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHOLIPID; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BERBERIS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

BERBERIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FATTY ACIDS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BERBERIS; BERBERIS THUNBERGII; VIBURNUM;

EID: 80955177527     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2022-0     Document Type: Article

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