Soil soluble organic nitrogen and active microbial characteristics under adjacent coniferous and broadleaf plantation forests

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 748-757

  Xing, Shihe ^a,b   Chen, Chengrong ^b,c   Zhou, Biqing ^a   Zhang, Hui ^c   Nang, Zhongmin ^c   Xu, Zihong ^b  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Coniferous and broadleaf forests; Enzyme activity; Hot water extraction; Microbial biomass; Soil soluble organic nitrogen (SON)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA;

ABIES; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; PODOCARPUS; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM VAR. IMBRICARIUM;

EID: 77956450355     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-009-0159-9     Document Type: Article

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