Diversity of leaf litter leachates from temperate forest trees and its consequences for soil microbial activity

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 373-388

  Joly, François Xavier ^a,d   Fromin, Nathalie ^a,c   Kiikkilä, Oili ^b   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground interaction; Carbon and nutrient cycling; Dissolved organic matter; European forests; Freshly fallen litter; Functional diversity; Leachate quality

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LEACHATE; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EUROPE;

EID: 84983803559     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-016-0239-z     Document Type: Article

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