Response of decomposing litter and its microbial community to multiple forms of nitrogen enrichment

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-405

  Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Eddy, William C ^a   Buyarski, Christopher R ^a   Carol Adair, E ^a,b   Ogdahl, Megan L ^a   Weisenhorn, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cedar creek ecosystem science reserve, minnesota; Extracellular enzyme activity; Lignin; Litter decomposition; Long term ecological research site; Nitrogen; Northern pin oak; Phospholipid fatty acids; Quercus ellipsoidalis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BACTERIUM; CARBON BALANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

CEDAR CREEK NATURAL HISTORY AREA; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

NEGIBACTERIA; PINUS STROBUS; POSIBACTERIA; QUERCUS ELLIPSOIDALIS;

EID: 84865705307     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1600.1     Document Type: Article

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