Nitrification and nitrifying microbial communities in forest soils

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-362

  Isobe, Kazuo ^a   Koba, Keisuke ^b   Otsuka, Shigeto ^a   Senoo, Keishi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest soil; Microbial community; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen saturation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FOREST ECOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOILS; GENERAL APPROACH; GLOBAL SCALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; N AVAILABILITY; N CYCLING; N DEPOSITION; NITRIFICATION PROCESS; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN SATURATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROCESSING RATES; RAPID DEVELOPMENT;

DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; SOILS;

NITRIFICATION;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATURATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; SOIL;

EID: 80052355324     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0266-5     Document Type: Review

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