Response of soil microbial activity to grazing, nitrogen deposition, and exotic cover in a serpentine grassland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 671-682

  Esch, Ellen H ^a   Hernández, Daniel L ^a   Pasari, Jae R ^b   Kantor, Rose S G ^c   Selmants, Paul C ^d  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Cattle; Extracellular enzyme activity; Fertilization; Festuca perennis; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHENOLOGY; RESPIRATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; FESTUCA;

EID: 84876425432     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1463-5     Document Type: Article

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