Response of organic carbon mineralization and microbial community to leaf litter and nutrient additions in subtropical forest soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-20

  Wang, Qingkui ^a,b   Wang, Silong ^a,b   He, Tongxin ^a,c   Liu, Li ^a   Wu, Jiabing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Litter addition; Nitrogen deposition; Nutrient availability; Phospholipid fatty acids; Priming effect; Soil organic C mineralization; Subtropical forest

Indexed keywords

LITTER ADDITION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PRIMING EFFECTS; SOIL ORGANIC C; SUBTROPICAL FORESTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOILS; VEHICLES;

MINERALOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FATTY ACID; FOREST SOIL; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACIDS; FOREST LITTER; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; SOIL; VEHICLES;

CHINA;

EID: 84893065302     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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