Priming and microbial nutrient limitation in lowland tropical forest soils of contrasting fertility

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 219-237

  Nottingham, Andrew T ^a,d   Turner, Benjamin L ^b   Chamberlain, Paul M ^c   Stott, Andrew W ^c   Tanner, Edmund V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Phenol oxidase; Phospholipid fatty acids; Phosphomonoesterase; Priming effect; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84873150049     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9637-4     Document Type: Article

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