Initial melanin and nitrogen concentrations control the decomposition of ectomycorrhizal fungal litter

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-157

  Fernandez, Christopher W ^a   Koide, Roger T ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Cenococcum geophilum; Decomposition; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Melanin; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; HISTOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; TISSUE;

ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS; CARBON CYCLING; CENOCOCCUM GEOPHILUM; COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS; ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; INITIAL NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

MELANIN;

CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; LITTER; MELANIN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REACTION KINETICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; DECAY; FUNGI; HISTOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; TISSUE;

EID: 84903884713     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.06.026     Document Type: Article

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