Deprivation of root-derived resources affects microbial biomass but not community structure in litter and soil

• Sarah L. Bluhm ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: szieger@gwdg.de

  Affiliation University of Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Animal Ecology, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7314-7415

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• Bernhard Eitzinger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: University of Freiburg, Chair of Nature Conservation & Landscape Ecology, Freiburg, Germany; Philipps University of Marburg, Conservation Ecology, Karl-von-Frisch Straße 8, Marburg, Germany

  Affiliation University of Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Animal Ecology, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5903-4887

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• Olga Ferlian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, Germany; Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Deutscher Platz 5e, Leipzig, Germany

  Affiliation University of Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Animal Ecology, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen, Germany

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• Christian Bluhm,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Animal Ecology, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen, Germany

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• Kristina Schröter,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Göttingen, Büsgen Institute, Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgenweg 2, Göttingen, Germany

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• Rodica Pena,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Göttingen, Büsgen Institute, Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Büsgenweg 2, Göttingen, Germany

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• Mark Maraun,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Animal Ecology, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen, Germany

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• Stefan Scheu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Göttingen, J.F. Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology, Animal Ecology, Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen, Germany, University of Göttingen, Centre of Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use, Göttingen, Germany

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