The role of soil fungi and bacteria in plant litter decomposition and macroaggregate formation determined using phospholipid fatty acids

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 261-264

  Helfrich, Mirjam ^a   Ludwig, Bernard ^b   Thoms, Carolin ^c   Gleixner, Gerd ^d   Flessa, Heinz ^a  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C natural abundance; 13C PLFA; Captan; Macroaggregates; Plant residues; Soil incubation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941278983     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.08.023     Document Type: Article

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