Interannual variability of soil microbial biomass and respiration in responses to topography, annual burning and N addition in a semiarid temperate steppe

Geoderma

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 259-267

  Liu, Weixing ^a   Xu, Wenhua ^a   Hong, Jianping ^b   Wan, Shiqiang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fire; Hillslope; Microorganisms; Nitrogen; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HILLSLOPES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITROGEN ADDITIONS; NORTHERN CHINA; POSITIVE DEPENDENCE; PRECIPITATION; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBONS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

BIOMASS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HILLSLOPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA;

EID: 77955772058     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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