Decreased soil microbial biomass and nitrogen mineralisation with Eucalyptus biochar addition to a coarse textured soil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 311-324

  Dempster, D N ^a   Gleeson, D B ^a   Solaiman, Z M ^a   Jones, D L ^b   Murphy, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Fertility; Nitrogen cycling; Priming effect; Sorption; Surface area

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; BLACK CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP PRODUCTION; EVERGREEN TREE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SORPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84860147856     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1067-5     Document Type: Article

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