Soil microbial community indices as predictors of soil solution chemistry and N leaching in Picea abies (L.) Karst. forests in S. Sweden

Plant and Soil

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 507-522

  Högberg, Mona N ^a   Högbom, Lars ^b   Kleja, Dan B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Carbon supply; Fungi: bacteria ratio; lysimeter collected soil solution; Nitrate; Organic horizon; Phospholipid fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOINDICATOR; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FATTY ACID; LEACHING; LYSIMETER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PREDICTION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84886304677     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1742-9     Document Type: Article

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