Drivers of microbial respiration and net N mineralization at the continental scale

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-76

  Colman, Benjamin P ^a   Schimel, Joshua P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental scale; Decomposition; Large scale drivers; Microbial respiration; N mineralization; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

C AND N POOLS; CLAY CONTENT; CLAY MINERALOGY; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; CONTINENTAL SCALE; EXPLANATORY POWER; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL PROCESS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MINERAL SOILS; N AVAILABILITY; N MINERALIZATION; NET N MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC SOIL; PLANT LITTER; SCALE PATTERN; SHRUBLANDS; SITE CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL CO; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DECOMPOSITION; FORESTRY; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC SOIL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 84874388230     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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