Contributions of soil biota to C sequestration varied with aggregate fractions under different tillage systems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-156

  Zhang, Shixiu ^a,b,c   Li, Qi ^a   Lü, Ying ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaoping ^b   Liang, Wenju ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Microbial community; Nematode community; No tillage; Ridge tillage; Soil aggregates; Soil carbon sequestration

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; NO TILLAGE; RIDGE TILLAGE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATION;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BACTERIA; FORESTRY; FUNGI; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

AGGREGATES;

ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRACTIONATION; FUNGUS; NEMATODE; NICHE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TILLAGE;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; NEMATODA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84876316680     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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