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Secondary metabolites of Pinus halepensis alter decomposer organisms and litter decomposition during afforestation of abandoned agricultural zones

  • Mathilde Chomel
  • , Catherine Fernandez
  • , Anne Bousquet-Melou
  • , Charles Gers
  • , Yogan Monnier
  • , Mathieu Santonja
  • , Thierry Gauquelin
  • , Raphael Gros
  • , Caroline Lecareux
  • , Virginie Baldy*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Univ Avignon & Pays Vaucluse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Aix-Marseille, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Universite d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, Aix Marseille Univ, Inst Mediterraneen Biodivers & Ecol, IRD,CNRS,UMR 7263
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PRES Universite de Toulouse, Universite Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Universite de Toulouse, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Univ Toulouse 3, Lab Ecol Fonct & Environm, CNRS,UMR 5245,Inst Natl Polytech

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)411-424
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Ecology
Volume102
Issue number2
Early online date8 Jan 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014

Bibliographical note

Funded by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Funding

This study was funded by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique [CNRS] within the framework of the Zone Atelier 'Arriere-Pays Mediterraneen' project. The authors thank the staff of the Luberon Natural Regional Park for their cooperation. We also thank Stephane Greff (IMBE) for his contribution to the chemical analyses, Sylvie Dupouyet and Christian Ripert for assistance with the field work, Celine Pernin for her help with mesofauna identification, ATT (scientific language editing services) for proofreading the draft manuscript, and W. F. J. Parsons of the Centre d'Etude de la Foret for his comments on the manuscript.

Keywords

  • carbon-source utilization
  • leaf-litter
  • soil processes
  • microbial communities
  • ecosystem processes
  • forest ecosystems
  • condensed tannins
  • enzyme-activities
  • fungal biomass
  • ponderosa pine

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