Tree Species Composition Influences Enzyme Activities and Microbial Biomass in the Rhizosphere: A Rhizobox Approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Fang, Shengzuo ^a   Liu, Dong ^a   Tian, Ye ^a   Deng, Shiping ^a,b   Shang, Xulan ^a  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; UREASE;

ALDER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; POPULUS; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; TREE GROWTH; WILLOW;

AGRICULTURE; ALNUS; ASPARAGINASE; BIOMASS; CARBON; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLANT ROOTS; POPULUS; RHIZOSPHERE; SALIX; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES; UREASE;

ALNUS; SALIX;

EID: 84876316748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061461     Document Type: Article

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