Microbial performance under increasing nitrogen availability in a Mediterranean forest soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1596-1606

  Dalmonech, D ^a   Lagomarsino, A ^a   Moscatelli, M C ^a   Chiti, T ^a   Valentini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

C turnover; CLPP; Enzymes; Functional diversity; Microbial community; N availability

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILES; DIPHENOLS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SITES; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; GLUCOSIDASE; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; N AVAILABILITY; N DEPOSITION; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NON-LINEAR; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; ORGANIC LAYERS; OXIDATIVE ENZYMES; RESPIRATION RATE; SOIL PH; STRESS CONDITION; TIME-SCALES; TREATED SOILS; WET AND DRY; XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; EXPERIMENTS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS;

SOILS;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TIMESCALE; TURNOVER;

EID: 77955172276     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.05.034     Document Type: Article

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