Connecting litter quality, microbial community and nitrogen transfer mechanisms in decomposing litter mixtures

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1649-1655

  Lummer, Dennis ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Butenschoen, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; LEACHING; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SYNERGISM;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; FUNGI;

EID: 84866168279     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.20073.x     Document Type: Article

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