Seasonal variation in functional properties of microbial communities in beech forest soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-104

  Koranda, Marianne ^a   Kaiser, Christina ^a,b   Fuchslueger, Lucia ^a   Kitzler, Barbara ^c   Sessitsch, Angela ^d   Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^c,e   Richter, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^d AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

C and N availability; Carbon use efficiency; Extracellular enzyme activities; Microbial community composition; Microbial processes; PLFA; Priming effect; Respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON USE EFFICIENCIES; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL PROCESS; N AVAILABILITY; PLFA; PRIMING EFFECTS; RESPIRATION;

CARBON; FORESTRY; GLUCOSE; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PROCESS CONTROL; SOILS;

SUBSTRATES;

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CARBON; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FORESTRY; GLUCOSE; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; PRIMING; PROCESS CONTROL; RESPIRATION; SOIL; SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84874411432     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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