Crop rotation complexity regulates the decomposition of high and low quality residues

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-254

  McDaniel, M D ^a   Grandy, A S ^a   Tiemann, L K ^a   Weintraub, M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Extracellular enzymes; Litter quality; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen mineralization; Plant biodiversity

Indexed keywords

CARBON MINERALIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; LITTER QUALITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION;

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN CYCLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907539107     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.07.027     Document Type: Article

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