Microbial enzymatic responses to drought and to nitrogen addition in a southern California grassland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-79

  Alster, Charlotte J ^a   German, Donovan P ^b   Lu, Ying ^b   Allison, Steven D ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Drought; Enzyme efficiency; Fungi; Glucosidase; Grassland; Litter decomposition; Nitrogen fertilization; Oxidase; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSIDASE; GRASSLAND; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; OXIDASE;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; EFFICIENCY; FUNGI; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION;

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; SUBSTRATE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84877316440     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.03.034     Document Type: Article

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