Soil Microbial and Enzymatic Activities Across a Chronosequence of Chinese Pine Plantation Development on the Loess Plateau of China

Pedosphere

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Yuan, Bing Cheng ^a   Yue, Dong Xia ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenase; Metabolic quotient; Microbial biomass; Seasonality; Soil basal respiration

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SEASONALITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 84855220641     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(11)60186-0     Document Type: Article

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