Carbon transfer from maize roots and litter into bacteria and fungi depends on soil depth and time

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-89

  Müller, Karolin ^a   Kramer, Susanne ^a,b   Haslwimmer, Heike ^a   Marhan, Sven ^a   Scheunemann, Nicole ^c   Butenschön, Olaf ^c   Scheu, Stefan ^c   Kandeler, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aboveground C input; Belowground C input; Carbon cycle; Soil microorganisms; Soil profile; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

ABOVEGROUND C INPUT; BELOWGROUND C INPUT; CARBON CYCLES; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL PROFILES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

BACTERIA;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIUM; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; FUNGUS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITTER; MAIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOT; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOPSOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84947930351     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.10.015     Document Type: Article

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