Contribution of micro-organisms to the carbon dynamics in black spruce (Picea mariana) forest soil in Canada

Ecological Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Uchida, Masaki ^a   Nakatsubo, Takayuki ^a   Horikoshi, Takao ^a   Nakane, Kaneyuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Carbon cycle; Microbial biomass; Picea mariana; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE; CARBON CYCLE; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; REPSIRATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, CANDLE LAKE;

BRYOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0031806462     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1998.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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