Influence of vegetation types and soil properties on microbial biomass carbon and metabolic quotients in temperate volcanic and tropical forest soils

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 430-440

  Xu, Xingkai ^a   Han, Lin ^a   Wang, Yuesi ^a   Inubushi, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon availability; Metabolic quotient; Microbial biomass; Respiration; Temperate forest; Tropical forest; Volcanic

Indexed keywords

BETULA ERMANII; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA; MALVACEAE; PICEA; PICEA JEZOENSIS; PINUS KORAIENSIS; QUERCUS MONGOLICA; TILIA AMURENSIS;

EID: 34547560454     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2007.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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