Effects of resource availability and quality on the structure of the micro-food web of an arable soil across depth

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Scharroba, Anika ^a   Dibbern, Dörte ^b   Hünninghaus, Maike ^c   Kramer, Susanne ^d   Moll, Julia ^e,g   Butenschoen, Olaf ^f   Bonkowski, Michael ^c   Buscot, Francois ^e,g   Kandeler, Ellen ^d   Koller, Robert ^c   Krüger, Dirk ^e   Lueders, Tillmann ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^f   Ruess, Liliane ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depth transect; Litter; Microorganisms; Nematodes; Protozoa; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; ARABLE SOILS; CARBON FLOW; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CROP PLANTS; DEPTH GRADIENT; DEPTH TRANSECT; ENERGY CHANNELS; FOOD WEBS; FUNCTIONAL GUILDS; GENERAL FOODS; LITTER; LITTER AMENDMENTS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MORPHOTYPES; NEMATODES; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; PLANT RESIDUES; PROCESSING PLANTS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOT EXUDATION; SOIL FOOD WEB; SOIL PROFILES; STRUCTURE INDEX; TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC NETWORK; VEGETATION PERIODS; WEB COMPONENTS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CARBON; CROPS; ECOLOGY; FUNGI; MICROORGANISMS; PROTOZOA; SOILS;

BACTERIA;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CEREAL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; EXUDATION; FOOD WEB; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROFILE; TROPHIC LEVEL; VEGETATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860504140     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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