Peatland vascular plant functional types affect methane dynamics by altering microbial community structure

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 925-934

  Robroek, Bjorn J M ^a,b   Jassey, Vincent E J ^b,c   Kox, Martine A R ^d   Berendsen, Roeland L ^a   Mills, Robert T E ^b,c   Cécillon, Lauric ^e   Puissant, Jérémy ^e   Meima Franke, Marion ^f   Bakker, Peter A H M ^a   Bodelier, Paul L E ^f  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Cemagref   (France)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

pmoA; Methane; Methanogenesis; Methanotrophic communities; Mid infrared spectroscopy; Pathway analysis; Phospholipid fatty acid; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Sphagnum dominated peatlands

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROHABITAT; PEATLAND; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VASCULAR PLANT;

SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84931578431     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12413     Document Type: Article

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