Differential effects of sugar maple, red oak, and hemlock tannins on carbon and nitrogen cycling in temperate forest soils

Oecologia

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 583-592

  Talbot, Jennifer M ^a   Finzi, Adrien C ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Nitrogen cycle; Polyphenol protein complex; Tannin

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

CARBON CYCLE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST SOIL; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; TANNIN; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ACER; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONIUM; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; SOIL;

ACER; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; HEMLOCK; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; QUERCUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TANNINS;

ACER SACCHARUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; QUERCUS RUBRA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 41149178656     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0940-7     Document Type: Article

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