Effects of carbon and nitrogen amendment on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization in volcanic immature soil in southern Kyushu, Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 414-423

  Yamasaki, Ayaka ^a   Tateno, Ryunosuke ^a   Shibata, Hideaki ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evergreen broad leaved forest; Microbial respiration; Nitrification; Soil incubation; Volcanic ash soil

Indexed keywords

C AND N MINERALIZATION; CARBON AMENDMENT; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON AVAILABILITY; DEAD ORGANISMS; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; INCUBATION PERIODS; INHIBITORY EFFECT; JAPANESE FOREST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS C; MICROBIAL DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; N DYNAMICS; N MINERALIZATION; NET N MINERALIZATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTATION FORESTS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL INCUBATION; STUDY SITES; VOLCANIC ASH SOIL;

BIOMASS; MINERALOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC SOIL;

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 80052351484     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0272-7     Document Type: Article

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