Microbial transformations of C and N in a boreal forest floor as affected by temperature

Plant and Soil

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-197

  Verburg, P S J ^a,c   Van Dam, D ^a   Hefting, M M ^a   Tietema, A ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Carbon mineralization; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen mineralization; Temperature effect

Indexed keywords

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON; FOREST SOIL; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032802293     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004462324452     Document Type: Article

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