Effects of phosphorus addition on soil microbial biomass and community composition in three forest types in tropical China

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-38

  Liu, Lei ^a,c   Gundersen, Per ^b   Zhang, Tao ^a,c   Mo, Jiangming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Old growth forest; P addition; Soil microbial biomass; Soil microbial community; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST TYPE; LIMITING FACTORS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS C; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MIXED FORESTS; MIXED SPECIES; N AVAILABILITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS ADDITION; PINE FOREST; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOUTHERN CHINA; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGIONS; WEATHERED SOILS;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; LIMITING FACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

ADDITIVES; BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; GROWTH; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL; TROPICS;

CHINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053912771     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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