Litter-type specific microbial responses to the transformation of leaf litter into millipede feces

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-23

  Joly, François Xavier ^a   Coulis, Mathieu ^a   Gérard, Aurélien ^a,b   Fromin, Nathalie ^a,c   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Glomeris marginata; Litter decomposition; Litter quality; Microbial decomposers; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS;

GLOMERIS MARGINATA; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER QUALITY; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSERS; SOIL FAUNA;

PELLETIZING;

ARTHROPOD; FECES; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

DIPLOPODA; GLOMERIS MARGINATA;

EID: 84926141330     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.03.014     Document Type: Article

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