Rhizosphere effects on soil nutrient dynamics and microbial activity in an Australian tropical lowland rainforest

Soil Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 652-660

  Toberman, Hannah ^a   Chen, Chengrong ^a   Xu, Zhihong ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

carbon cycling; microbial biomass; nitrogen cycling; soil respiration; stoichiometry.

Indexed keywords

BULK SOILS; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON SUBSTRATES; CHEMICAL NATURE; CLIMATIC CYCLES; COMPOSITE SAMPLING; DRIVING FORCES; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT STATUS; RAINFOREST SOILS; RHIZOSPHERE EFFECTS; RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; RHIZOSPHERIC SOILS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL RESPIRATION; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL NITROGEN; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNDER-REPRESENTED;

CARBON; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPICS;

SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; BIOME; CLIMATE CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; CARBON; COMPOSITES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 81855180543     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR11202     Document Type: Article

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