Soil C and N cycling in three semiarid vegetation types: Response to an in situ pulse of plant detritus

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2678-2685

  Hooker, Toby D ^a   Stark, John M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon availability; Detritus; In situ pulse; Microbial substrate C:N; N immobilization; Organic matter fraction; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; MINERALOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

CARBON AVAILABILITY; DETRITUS; IN SITU PULSE; MICROBIAL SUBSTRATE C:N; N IMMOBILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER FRACTION; SEMIARID;

SOILS;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON CYCLE; GROWTH REGULATOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTODETRITUS; PHYTOMASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION TYPE;

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 51549103447     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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