Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain labile and stable carbon turnover in lowland tropical forest soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 26-33

  Nottingham, Andrew T ^a,b,c   Turner, Benjamin L ^c   Stott, Andrew W ^d   Tanner, Edmund V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Microorganisms; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Priming effects; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; PRIMING EFFECTS; STABLE CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPICAL FOREST SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUCROSE; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84908010537     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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