Overstory and understory vegetation interact to alter soil community composition and activity

Plant and Soil

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 65-84

  Mitchell, Ruth Joy ^a   Keith, Adian M ^b   Potts, Jackie M ^c   Ross, Jasmine ^a   Reid, Eileen ^a   Dawson, Lorna A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon utilisation; Community level physiological profile; Enchytraeids; Foundation species; Nematode; Plant soil interaction; PLFA; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS TREE; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; OVERSTORY; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYSIOLOGY; SAPLING; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; UNDERSTORY;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 84857946839     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0980-y     Document Type: Article

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