Microbial nitrogen dynamics in south central Chilean agricultural and forest ecosystems located on an Andisol

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-187

  Huygens, Dries ^a,b   Roobroeck, Dries ^a   Cosyn, Lynn ^a   Salazar, Francisco ^c   Godoy, Roberto ^b   Boeckx, Pascal ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andisol; Chile; Cropland; Fungi; Phospho lipid fatty acid (PLFA)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANDISOL; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYMERIZATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOPSOIL;

CHILE;

FUNGI;

EID: 79951576958     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-010-9386-0     Document Type: Article

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