Can ectomycorrhizal fungi circumvent the nitrogen mineralization for plant nutrition in temperate forest ecosystems?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1109-1117

  Wu, Tiehang ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectomycorrhizal fungi; N economy; N mineralization; Organic nitrogen (N); Saprotrophic microorganisms

Indexed keywords

ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI; N ECONOMY; N MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SAPROTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST FLOOR; FUNGUS; HUMUS; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; SAPROTROPHY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINS;

FUNGI;

EID: 79954569491     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.02.003     Document Type: Review

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