Rhizosphere soil microbial activity under different vegetation types on the Loess Plateau, China

Geoderma

Volumn 161, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 115-125

  Zhang, Chao ^a,c   Liu, Guobin ^a,b   Xue, Sha ^a,b   Song, Zilin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Microbial index; Revegetation; Rhizosphere; Soil enzyme

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BASAL RESPIRATION; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DEGRADED SOILS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; LAND DEGRADATION; LOESS PLATEAU; METABOLIC QUOTIENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; MICROBIAL INDEX; MICROBIAL PROCESS; NATURAL GRASSLAND; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PLANT SPECIES; POLYPHENOL OXIDASE; RHIZOSPHERE; RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; ROOT EXUDATES; SHRUBLANDS; SOIL AND WATER LOSS; SOIL ENZYME; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOLUBLE C; TOTAL NITROGEN; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

CAPILLARITY; DEBRIS; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; PHOSPHATASES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND; LAND DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVEGETATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL REMEDIATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ARTEMISIA; ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS; CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; HETEROPAPPUS; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 79951577785     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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