(A)synchronous availabilities of N and P regulate the activity and structure of the microbial decomposer community

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Fanin, Nicolas ^a,c   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a   Chavez Soria, Paola F ^b   Fromin, Nathalie ^a,d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Microbial limitations; Multiple element limitation; Nutrient availability; Nutritional constraints; Successive fertilization; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONOUS CULTURE;

EID: 84958012397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01507     Document Type: Article

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