Contribution of above- and below-ground plant traits to the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities

Annals of Botany

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1011-1021

  Legay, N ^a   Baxendale, C ^b   Grigulis, K ^a,c   Krainer, U ^d   Kastl, E ^e   Schloter, M ^e   Bardgett, R D ^f   Arnoldi, C ^a   Bahn, M ^d   Dumont, M ^g   Pommier, T ^g   Clement J C ^a   Lavorel, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing archaea; Bacteria; Denitrifiers; Leaf traits; Nitrite oxidizers; Nitrite reducers; Nutrient availability; Plant functional traits; Root traits; Soil microbial community

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; PHYTOMASS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUROPE;

FUNGI;

NITROGEN; SOIL;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SOIL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84912112514     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu169     Document Type: Article

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