Soil microbial responses to experimental warming and nitrogen addition in a temperate steppe of Northern China

Pedosphere

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 427-436

  Shen, Rui Chang ^a,b   Xu, Ming ^b,c   Chi, Yong Gang ^a,b   Yu, Shen ^d   Wan, Shi Qiang ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Global warming; Gram negative bacteria; Microbial biomass; Microbial community; Nitrogen enrichment

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENRICHMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STEPPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84903372919     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(14)60029-1     Document Type: Article

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