Interactive Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus on Soil Microbial Communities in a Tropical Forest

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Lei ^a,b   Zhang, Tao ^a   Gilliam, Frank S ^c   Gundersen, Per ^d   Zhang, Wei ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Mo, Jiangming ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CHINA; FATTY ACIDS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI;

EID: 84876075188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061188     Document Type: Article

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