Increased fungal dominance in N2O emission hotspots along a natural pH gradient in organic forest soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 715-721

  Rutting T ^a   Huygens, D ^b,c   Boeckx, P ^b   Staelens, J ^b   Klemedtsson, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fungi to bacteria ratio; Microbial community structure; Organic soil; pH gradient

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; FATTY ACID; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; INHIBITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC SOIL; PH; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL FERTILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84880359057     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-012-0762-6     Document Type: Article

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