When structure means conservation: Effect of aggregate structure in controlling microbial responses to rewetting events

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Navarro García, Federico ^a,b   Casermeiro, Miguel Ángel ^a   Schimel, Joshua P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO RAMÓN Y CAJAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SANITARIA IRYCIS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birch effect; Carbon cycle; Drought; Mediterranean climate; Nitrification; Rewetting events; Soil aggregate; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BIRCH EFFECT; CARBON CYCLE; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; RE-WETTING; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL RESPIRATION;

AGGREGATES; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; DROUGHT; MINERAL RESOURCES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; SOILS;

AGGLOMERATION;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CARBON CYCLE; GRASSLAND SOIL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; REWETTING; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 80053925738     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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