Chronic nitrogen enrichment affects the structure and function of the soil microbial community in temperate hardwood and pine forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-171

  Frey, Serita D ^a   Knorr, Melissa ^a   Parrent, Jeri L ^b   Simpson, Rodney T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ectomycorrhizal fungi; Microbial biomass; Microbial enzyme activity; Nitrogen deposition; Saprotrophic fungi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMBUSTION; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; FUNGI; NITROGEN;

HARDWOOD FOREST; HARVARD FOREST; MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE;

EID: 3042728579     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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