Impact of the plant community composition on labile soil organic carbon, soil microbial activity and community structure in semi-natural grassland ecosystems of different productivity

Plant and Soil

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 253-265

  Breulmann, Marc ^a   Schulz, Elke ^a   Weißhuhn, Karoline ^a   Buscot, François ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above belowground feedback; Enzyme activities; Labile carbon pool; Legumes; Litter decomposition; PLFA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND SOIL; LEGUME; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

GERMANY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84857972084     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0993-6     Document Type: Article

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