Nutrient and carbon additions to the microbial soil community and its impact on tree seedlings in a boreal spruce forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 275-291

  Gronli K E ^a   Frostegard A ^b   Bakken, L R ^b   Ohlson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Ectomycorrhizae; Growth and allocation pattern; Nutrient uptake; Picea abies; PLFA

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; GROWTH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BETULA PUBESCENS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 32644452792     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-8765-9     Document Type: Article

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