N2O emission rates in a California meadow soil are influenced by fertilizer level, soil moisture and the community structure of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 643-655

  Avrahami, Sharon ^a,b   Bohannan, Brendan J M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizer; AmoA; Ecosystem function; Global warming; Greenhouse gas; Nitrous oxide; Real time PCR; T RFLP; temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZER; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 59849099639     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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