Effects of balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) tannins and low molecular weight phenolics on microbial activity in taiga floodplain soil: Implications for changes in N cycling during succession

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-90

  Schimel, Joshua P ^a,c   Van Cleve, Keith ^a   Cates, Rex G ^b   Clausen, Thomas P ^a   Reichardt, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mineralization; Plant microbe interactions; Respiration; Secondary chemicals; Succession; Tannins

Indexed keywords

ALDER; AMMONIUM; BALSAM POPLAR; FLOODPLAIN SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLING; PHENOLIC; SUCCESSION; TAIGA; TANNIN;

USA, ALASKA;

ALNUS TENUIFOLIA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 0029666842     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-012     Document Type: Article

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