Roots from beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) differentially affect soil microorganisms and carbon dynamics

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-32

  Cesarz, Simone ^a,b   Fender, Ann Catrin ^a   Beyer, Friderike ^a   Valtanen, Kerttu ^a   Pfeiffer, Birgit ^a   Gansert, Dirk ^a   Hertel, Dietrich ^a   Polle, Andrea ^a   Daniel, Rolf ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Bacteria; Carbon cycling; Decomposition; Fungi; Nitrogen; Soil food web

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE; 13C; AMPLICONS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); BELOWGROUND SYSTEMS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON LOSS; CENTRAL EUROPEAN FORESTS; DECIDUOUS TREES; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; EUROPEAN ASH; EUROPEAN BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); FINE ROOTS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIORS; GAMASID MITES; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL CARBONS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; PYROSEQUENCING; RHIZODEPOSITS; RHIZOSPHERE MICROORGANISMS; ROOT BIOMASS; ROOT EXUDATES; ROOT-DERIVED CARBON; SOIL ANIMAL; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FOOD WEB; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL PH; SOIL PROCESS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TREE SPECIES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; RNA; SEED; SOILS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RESPIRATION; ROOT; SEEDLING; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CARBON; DECAY; FORESTRY; FUNGI; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SEEDS; SOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84874773292     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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