LOMBARDI A's scientific contributions

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... Generally, most of the tested enzymes showed higher activity in summer, with the exception of β-glucosidase and urease. In Mediterranean ecosystems, there is a general trend to higher enzyme activities in spring and/or autumn, when conditions of water availability and temperature are ideal for the microbial community Papa et al., 2002;Rutigliano et al., 2009). Conversely, in our study, in spite of a lower water content in summer, most activities were greater compared to spring. ...
... Nevertheless in this species, the immobilization exceeded the nitrogen present in the unexposed litter, suggesting that significant amounts of N were carried into the bags probably by colonizing microorganisms. A copious fungal colonization of decaying litter was observed in this study (unpublished data), as well as in former investigations Papa et al., 2000;Virzo De Santo et al., 2002). ...