Extensive Management Promotes Plant and Microbial Nitrogen Retention in Temperate Grassland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  de Vries, Franciska T ^a   Bloem, Jaap ^b   Quirk, Helen ^a   Stevens, Carly J ^a   Bol, Roland ^c   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIELD STUDY; FUNGUS; GREENHOUSE; IMMOBILIZATION; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE GRASSLAND;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POACEAE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL;

FUNGI;

EID: 84870787252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051201     Document Type: Article

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