Phosphorus availability and microbial respiration across different tundra vegetation types

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 429-445

  Giesler, Reiner ^a   Esberg, Camilla ^a   Lagerström, Anna ^b   Graae, Bente J ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hedley fractionation; N:P ratio; Phosphorus availability; Soil respiration; Subarctic tundra

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONATION; HYDROXIDE; IRON; LIMITING FACTOR; MEADOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; TUNDRA; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 84857638643     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9609-8     Document Type: Article

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