Effect of altitude and season on microbial activity, abundance and community structure in Alpine forest soils
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/16:10329180
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw008" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw008</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw008" target="_blank" >10.1093/femsec/fiw008</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Effect of altitude and season on microbial activity, abundance and community structure in Alpine forest soils
Original language description
In the current context of climate change, the study of microbial communities along altitudinal gradients is especially useful. Only few studies considered altitude and season at the same time. We characterized four forest sites located in the Italian Alps, along an altitude gradient (545-2000 m a.s.l.), to evaluate the effect of altitude in spring and autumn on soil microbial properties. Each site in each season was characterized with regard to soil temperature, physicochemical properties, microbial activities (respiration, enzymes), community level physiological profiles (CLPP), microbial abundance and community structure (PLFA). Increased levels of soil organic matter (SOM) and nutrients were found at higher altitudes and in autumn, resulting in a significant increase of (soil dry-mass related) microbial activities and abundance at higher altitudes. Significant site-and season-specific effects were found for enzyme production. The significant interaction of the factors site and incubation temperature for soil microbial activities indicated differences in microbial communities and their responses to temperature among sites. CLPP revealed site-specific effects. Microbial community structure was influenced by altitudinal, seasonal and/or site-specific effects. Correlations demonstrated that altitude, and not season, was the main factor determining the changes in abiotic and biotic characteristics at the sites investigated.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EE - Microbiology, virology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
ISSN
0168-6496
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
92
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000373295800003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84962135621