Fertilization and litter effects on the functional group biomass, species diversity of plants, microbial biomass, and enzyme activity of two alpine meadow communities

Plant and Soil

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 377-389

  Wang, Changting ^a,b   Long, Ruijun ^c   Wang, Qilan ^b   Liu, Wei ^b   Jing, Zengchun ^b   Zhang, Li ^b,d  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Enzyme activity; Fertilization; Functional group biomass; Microbial biomass; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; HERB; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POTASSIUM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDGE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

KOBRESIA HUMILIS; POACEAE;

EID: 77952421706     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0259-8     Document Type: Article

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