Microbial growth rate measurements reveal that land-use abandonment promotes a fungal dominance of SOM decomposition in grazed Mediterranean ecosystems

Agriculture & Biology

• microbial growth 99%
• land use 87%
• ergosterol 80%
• grazing 74%
• annual grasslands 73%
• ecosystems 67%
• fungal biomass 56%
• degradation 54%
• shrublands 48%
• bacterial growth 46%
• soil 45%
• soil quality 41%
• Quercus 41%
• soil sampling 39%
• shrubs 38%
• grasses 33%
• soil chemistry 31%
• Quercus ilex 29%
• saprophytes 29%
• soil organic carbon 25%
• fungal growth 24%
• carbon nitrogen ratio 23%
• mineralization 22%
• plant communities 21%
• community structure 21%
• soil organic matter 21%
• leucine 20%
• canopy 18%
• acetates 17%
• testing 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• decomposition 64%
• land use 59%
• ergosterol 56%
• ecosystem 53%
• grazing 45%
• soil 38%
• oak 38%
• shrubland 29%
• soil condition 26%
• shrub 23%
• grass 22%
• incorporation 21%
• grassland 21%
• soil chemistry 16%
• biomass 15%
• plant community 12%
• soil organic matter 12%
• total organic carbon 12%
• acetate 11%
• turnover 11%
• surface layer 11%
• community structure 10%
• canopy 10%
• mineralization 9%
• trend 6%
• chemical 6%
• effect 6%
• test 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Ecosystem 100%
• Soil 97%
• Growth 45%
• Ergosterol 35%
• Grassland 23%
• Poaceae 20%
• Biomass 20%
• Quercus 13%
• Plant Structures 12%
• Leucine 8%
• Acetates 8%
• Carbon 8%