Responses of soil microorganisms to resource availability in urban, desert soils

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-155

  McCrackin, Michelle L ^a   Harms, Tamara K ^a   Grimm, Nancy B ^a   Hall, Sharon J ^a   Kaye, Jason P ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Islands of fertility; Phoenix, AZ; Soil microbes; Soil respiration; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DESERT SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; URBANIZATION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049091215     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9173-4     Document Type: Article

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