Earthworm and microbe response to litter and soils of tropical forest plantations with contrasting C:N:P stoichiometric ratios

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1528-1535

  Marichal, R ^a   Mathieu, J ^b   Couteaux, M M ^c   Mora, P ^d   Roy, J ^c   Lavelle, P ^a,e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

C:N:P stoichiometry; Homeostasis; Phosphorus limitation; Pontoscolex corethrurus; Soil enzyme activity

Indexed keywords

C:N:P STOICHIOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS; SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOILS; STOICHIOMETRY; TISSUE;

SOIL TESTING;

ABUNDANCE; CARBON; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

EID: 79955954655     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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