Differential effects of legume species on the recovery of soil microbial communities, and carbon and nitrogen contents, in abandoned fields of the Loess Plateau, China

Environmental Management

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1193-1203

  Li, Jin Hua ^a,b   Jiao, Shu Mei ^a   Gao, Rong Qing ^a   Bardgett, Richard D ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandoned field; Ecological restoration; Functional diversity; Legume species; Soil carbon; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED FIELD; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; LEGUME SPECIES; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECOVERY; RESTORATION;

SOILS;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ABANDONED LAND; CARBON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASSLAND; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; LEGUME; MELILOTUS SUAVEOLENS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; FABACEAE; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS SUBSP. SUAVEOLENS;

EID: 84871282587     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9958-7     Document Type: Article

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