Responses of microbial biomass and respiration of soil to topography, burning, and nitrogen fertilization in a temperate steppe

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-268

  Liu, Weixing ^a,b   Xu, Wenhua ^a,b   Han, Yi ^a,b   Wang, Changhui ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Burning; Metabolic quotient; Microbial biomass; N fertilization; Temperate steppe; Topography

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BURNING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; STEPPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 36148933812     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-007-0198-6     Document Type: Article

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