Changes in bacterial community composition and soil respiration indicate rapid successions of protist grazers during mineralization of maize crop residues

Pedobiologia

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-8

  Hünninghaus, Maike ^a   Koller, Robert ^a,c   Kramer, Susanne ^b   Marhan, Sven ^b   Kandeler, Ellen ^b   Bonkowski, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grazer species richness; Plant litter mineralization; PLFA; Protists; Soil microorganisms; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FATTY ACID; LEAF LITTER; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTIST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTISTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85019706901     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.03.002     Document Type: Article

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