Spatial variability of soil microbial functioning in a tropical rainforest of French Guiana using nested sampling

Geoderma

Volumn 197-198, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-107

  Fromin, Nathalie ^a   Saby, Nicolas P A ^b   Lensi, Robert ^a,c   Brunet, Didier ^c   Porte, Benjamin ^a   Domenach, Anne Marie ^d,e   Roggy, Jean Christophe ^e  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Centre de recherche d'Orléans   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d SOLICAZ   (France)

^e Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Respiration; Scale dependent process; Soil microbial processes; Soil organic matter; Tree influence potential

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENT PROCESS; MICROBIAL PROCESS; RESPIRATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TREE INFLUENCE POTENTIAL;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENITRIFICATION; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; TROPICS;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; LITTER; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION; SOIL; TROPICS;

FRENCH GUIANA; PARACOU;

EID: 84873209499     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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