Decoupling of soil microbes and plants with increasing anthropogenic nitrogen inputs in a temperate steppe

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 116-122

  Liu, Weixing ^a   Jiang, Lin ^b   Hu, Shuijin ^c   Li, Linghao ^a   Liu, Lingli ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Grassland; N addition; Plant; Soil acidification; Soil microbes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894039386     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.022     Document Type: Article

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