Factors regulating carbon mineralization in the surface and subsurface soils of Pyrenean mountain grasslands

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2803-2810

  Garcia Pausas, Jordi ^a   Casals, Pere ^a,b   Camarero, Lluís ^c   Huguet, Carme ^d   Thompson, Roy ^e   Sebastià, Maria Teresa ^a,f   Romanyà, Joan ^g  

^a Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Climate; Microbial biomass carbon; Mountain grasslands; Net nitrogen mineralization; Potentially mineralizable nitrogen; Soil properties; Surface and subsurface horizons

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY;

CARBON MINERALIZATION; CLIMATE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; MOUNTAIN GRASSLANDS; NET NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; POTENTIALLY MINERALIZABLE NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTIES; SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE HORIZONS;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 53449085168     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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