Nitrogen turnover in soil and global change

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-16

  Ollivier, Julien ^a   Töwe, Stefanie ^a   Bannert, Andrea ^a   Hai, Brigitte ^b   Kastl, Eva Maria ^b   Meyer, Annabel ^a   Su, Ming Xia ^b   Kleineidam, Kristina ^b   Schloter, Michael ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Mineralization; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASSLAND SOIL; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLLUTION; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 80052619769     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01165.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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