Initial soil responses to experimental warming in two contrasting forest ecosystems, Eastern Tibetan Plateau, China: Nutrient availabilities, microbial properties and enzyme activities

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-299

  Xu, Zhen feng ^a,b   Hu, Rong ^a   Xiong, Pei ^a   Wan, Chuan ^a   Cao, Gang ^a   Liu, Qing ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coniferous forest; Dissolved organic matter; Eastern Tibetan Plateau; Experimental warming; Extractable nitrogen; Microbial biomass; Soil enzyme

Indexed keywords

PICEA;

EID: 77957357554     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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