Inorganic fungicides as routinely applied in organic and conventional agriculture can increase palatability but reduce microbial decomposition of leaf litter

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 310-322

  Zubrod, Jochen P ^a   Feckler, Alexander ^a,b   Englert, Dominic ^a   Koksharova, Natalia ^a   Rosenfeldt, Ricki R ^a   Seitz, Frank ^a   Schulz, Ralf ^a   Bundschuh, Mirco ^a,b  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antagonistic effect; Antimicrobial; Aquatic hyphomycetes; Bacteria; Biofilm; Ecosystem functioning; Environmental risk assessment; Heavy metal; Leaf litter breakdown; Mixture toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNGICIDE; HEAVY METAL; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC FARMING; PALATABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; HYPHOMYCETES;

EID: 84924530931     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12393     Document Type: Article

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