Substrate limitations to microbial activity in taiga forest floors

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-188

  Vance, E D ^a   Chapin Iii, F S ^b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Boreal forest; Carbon; Immobilization; Microbial biomass; Mineralization; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient limitation of taiga communities; Organic matter; Respiration; Soil microbial C vs. N limitation; Soil organic matter quality

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; FOREST SOIL; FOREST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0035128937     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00127-9     Document Type: Article

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