Soil Microbial Biomass, Basal Respiration and Enzyme Activity of Main Forest Types in the Qinling Mountains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Fei ^a   Peng, Xiaobang ^a   Zhao, Peng ^a   Yuan, Jie ^a   Zhong, Chonggao ^a   Cheng, Yalong ^a   Cui, Cui ^a   Zhang, Shuoxin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON; CATALASE; CHLOROFORM; NITROGEN; UREASE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; FOREST; FOREST STAND; FUMIGATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; OAK; PINE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPRUCE; TITRIMETRY;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASAL METABOLISM; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALASE; CHINA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES; UREASE;

PICEA;

EID: 84879512015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067353     Document Type: Article

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