Changes in soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along a large-scale aridity gradient

Catena

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-77

  Yang, Haishui ^a   Yuan, Yongge ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a   Tang, Jianjun ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Chen, Xin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Aridity gradient; Soil organic carbon; Total soil nitrogen; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARIDITY; FUNGUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPORE;

CHINA;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 79959965411     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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