Tree species effects on nutrient cycling and soil biota: A feedback mechanism favouring species coexistence

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 309, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-46

  Aponte, Cristina ^a,b   García, Luis V ^a   Marañón, Teodoro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feedback processes; Microbial biomass; Mycorrhizal fungi; Nutrient cycling; Plant soil interactions; Quercus

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK PROCESS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS; QUERCUS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; DECAY (ORGANIC); FEEDBACK; FUNGI; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERPINNINGS;

NUTRIENTS;

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; EVERGREEN FOREST; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MIXED FOREST; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SUBSTRATE;

BIOMASS; DECAY; FUNGI; MOISTURE; NUTRIENTS; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION; SOIL;

SPAIN;

FUNGI; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CANARIENSIS; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84884817972     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.035     Document Type: Article

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