Interactions among lignin, cellulose, and nitrogen drive litter chemistry-decay relationships

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 345-354

  Talbot, Jennifer M ^a   Treseder, Kathleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cellulose; Decomposition; Fungi; Lignin; Litter decay rates; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; NITROGEN;

BOREAL FOREST; CELLULOSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FUNGUS; LIGNIN; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARABIDOPSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; TIME FACTORS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 84860236345     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0843.1     Document Type: Article

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