Heterotrophic nitrification is the predominant NO3 - production pathway in acid coniferous forest soil in subtropical China

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 955-957

  Zhang, Yanchen ^a   Zhang, Jinbo ^a,b   Meng, Tianzhu ^a   Zhu, Tongbin ^a   Müller, Christoph ^c   Cai, Zucong ^a,b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N tracing model; Acetylene inhibitor; Autotrophic nitrification; Coniferous forest soil; Heterotrophic nitrification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; NITRIFICATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

EID: 84884210790     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-012-0772-4     Document Type: Article

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