Increased temperature and precipitation had limited effects on soil extracellular enzyme activities in a post-harvest forest

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-98

  McDaniel, M D ^a   Kaye, J P ^b   Kaye, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate change; Extracellular enzymes; Forest harvest; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONTROLS; C AND N CYCLING; C AND N POOLS; CELLOBIOHYDROLASES; CLIMATE MANIPULATION; EXOENZYME; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FOREST HARVEST; FOREST HARVESTING; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; LEUCINE AMINOPEPTIDASE; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; PENNSYLVANIA; POLYPHENOLS; POSTHARVEST; SOIL CARBON; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE; WETTING;

ENZYMES;

CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HARVESTING; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; ECONOMICS; ENZYMES; FORESTS; HARVESTING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; NITROGEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WETTING;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871929112     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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