Effects of labile soil carbon on nutrient partitioning between an arctic graminoid and microbes

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 557-565

  Schmidt, Inger K ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^a   Jonasson, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Arctic soil; Microbial immobilization; Plant microbe interactions; Soil labile carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT PARTITIONING; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MICROOGRANISMS;

FESTUCA VIVIPARA; POACEAE;

EID: 0031463421     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050345     Document Type: Article

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