Litter quality versus soil microbial community controls over decomposition: A quantitative analysis

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 283-294

  Cleveland, Cory C ^a   Reed, Sasha C ^b   Keller, Adrienne B ^a   Nemergut, Diana R ^c   O'Neill, Sean P ^c   Ostertag, Rebecca ^d   Vitousek, Peter M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Decomposition; Ecosystem function; Global change; Microbial community

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARBON DIOXIDE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; HAWAII; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84891902632     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2758-9     Document Type: Article

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