Soil organic carbon fractions and microbial community and functions under changes in vegetation: A case of vegetation succession in karst forest

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3727-3735

  Li, Lianqing ^a   Wang, Dan ^a   Liu, Xiaoyu ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Liu, Yongzhuo ^a   Xie, Tian ^a   Du, Youxin ^a   Pan, Genxing ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Forest; Microbial diversity; Soil carbon fractions; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FOREST; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON AND NITROGEN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; VEGETATION SUCCESSIONS; WATER EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MATTER;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; KARST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUB; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FORESTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS; SOIL;

CHINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POACEAE;

EID: 84897393667     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2767-3     Document Type: Article

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