Litter, warming and plants affect respiration and allocation of soil microbial and plant C, N and P in arctic mesocosms

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1129-1139

  Jonasson, S ^a   Castro, J ^a,b   Michelsen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; Microbial nutrient immobilisation; Microbial population fluctuations; Nutrient pools; Nutrient transformations; Plant microbe interactions; Temperature enhancement

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LITTER; NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION;

SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MINERALIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ARCTIC;

EID: 2942708233     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.02.023     Document Type: Article

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