Coupling of nutrient cycling and carbon dynamics in the Arctic, integration of soil microbial and plant processes

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 135-146

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon balance; Microbial nutrient immobilization; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient mineralization; Plant microbial interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; SOIL; TUNDRA;

EID: 0032966807     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00145-0     Document Type: Review

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