Changes in water content of two agricultural soils does not alter labile P and C pools

Plant and Soil

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 185-201

  Butterly, Clayton R ^a,b   McNeill, Ann M ^b   Baldock, Jeff A ^b,c   Marschner, Petra ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drying rewetting; Phosphorus and carbon pulse; Soil water regime

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIELD CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REWETTING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 80053572728     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0931-7     Document Type: Article

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