Soil microbial communities responded to biochar application in temperate soils and slowly metabolized 13C-labelled biochar as revealed by 13C PLFA analyses: Results from a short-term incubation and pot experiment

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-51

  Watzinger, A ^a   Feichtmair, S ^a,b   Kitzler, B ^c   Zehetner, F ^b   Kloss, S ^a,b   Wimmer, B ^a   Zechmeister Boltenstern, S ^b   Soja, G ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CHARCOAL; CHERNOZEM; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC SOIL; PLANOSOL; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALIX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84891939475     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejss.12100     Document Type: Article

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