Microbial communities may modify how litter quality affects potential decomposition rates as tree species migrate

Plant and Soil

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 167-176

  Keiser, Ashley D ^a   Knoepp, Jennifer D ^b   Bradford, Mark A ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Environmental gradient; Functional breadth; Litter decomposition; Microbial community function

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MIGRATION; MINERALIZATION; OVERSTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84886247940     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1730-0     Document Type: Article

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