Effects of addition of nitrogen on soil fungal and bacterial biomass and carbon utilisation efficiency in a city lawn soil

Soil Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-105

  Jiang, Xinyu ^a   Cao, Lixiang ^a   Zhang, Renduo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carbon utilisation efficiency; microbial biomass; N treatment; soil acidification; soil carbon; soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON UTILISATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL ACIDIFICATIONS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON; EFFICIENCY; FUNGI; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE;

SOILS;

ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; FUNGUS; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893571515     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR13210     Document Type: Article

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