Carbon flow from plant detritus and soil organic matter to microbes-linking carbon and nitrogen cycling in semiarid soils

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 903-914

  Hooker, Toby D ^a   Stark, John M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK SOILS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON FLOW; DECOMPOSITION RATE; DENSITY FRACTIONS; HEAVY FRACTION; IN-SITU; LIGHT FRACTION; LITTERBAGS; MATTER DENSITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL C; MICROBIAL GROWTH; N CYCLING; N IMMOBILIZATION; PER UNIT; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SUMMER DRY PERIOD; TRACER MEASUREMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; REACTION RATE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84862023968     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0139     Document Type: Article

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