Soil microbial properties under N and P additions in a semi-arid, sandy grassland

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 653-658

  Li, Lu Jun ^a,b   Zeng, De Hui ^a   Yu, Zhan Yuan ^a   Fan, Zhi Ping ^a   Mao, Rong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basal respiration; Microbial metabolic quotient; Microbial quotient; Net nitrogen mineralization; Nitrification; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; PH; PHOSPHORUS; RESPIRATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA; KERQIN DESERT;

EID: 77954456272     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0463-y     Document Type: Article

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