Regulation of Microbial Community Composition and Activity by Soil Nutrient Availability, Soil pH, and Herbivory in the Tundra

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-33

  Stark, Sari ^a   Eskelinen, Anu ^b   Männistö, Minna K ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

enzyme activity; herbivory; nitrogen; pH; phenol oxidase; PLFAs; soil organic matter quality; tundra

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNGUS; GRAZING; HEATHLAND; HERBIVORY; LIMING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PHENOL; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TUNDRA SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 84856546152     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9491-1     Document Type: Article

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