Bacterial and fungal response to nitrogen fertilization in three coniferous forest soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-379

  Demoling, Fredrik ^a   Ola Nilsson, Lars ^a,b   Bååth, Erland ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Coniferous forest soil; Fertilization; Fungi; Limiting nutrient; Nitrogen; PLFA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUNGI; NITROGEN;

CONIFEROUS FOREST SOIL; FERTILIZATION; SPRUCE FORESTS;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 36048936654     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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