Plant species effects and carbon and nitrogen cycling in a sagebrush-crested wheatgrass soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-57

  Chen, Jian ^a   Stark, John M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Decomposition; Gross mineralization; Microbial biomass; Nitrification; Semiarid ecosystems; Soil carbonates; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBE RESPIRATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0033985976     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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