Changes in soil microbial substrate utilization in response to altered litter diversity and precipitation in a Mediterranean shrubland

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 171-185

  Shihan, Ammar ^a,b   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a   Milcu, Alexandru ^a,c   Joly, François Xavier ^a   Santonja, Mathieu ^d,e   Fromin, Nathalie ^a,f  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Functional diversity; Litter decomposition; Mediterranean ecosystem; MicroResp( ); Soil microbial activity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LEAF LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SHRUBLAND; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FRANCE;

CISTUS ALBIDUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; ROSMARINUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; ULEX; ULEX PARVIFLORUS;

EID: 85003955327     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-016-1166-9     Document Type: Article

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