Asynchronous responses of soil microbial community and understory plant community to simulated nitrogen deposition in a subtropical forest

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3895-3905

  Wu, Jianping ^a   Liu, Wenfei ^a   Fan, Houbao ^a   Huang, Guomin ^b   Wan, Songze ^c   Yuan, Yinghong ^a   Ji, Chunfeng ^d  

^a NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese fir; Nitrogen deposition; Plant diversity; PLFAs; Soil microorganisms; South China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887566287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.750     Document Type: Article

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