Microbial respiration per unit biomass increases with carbon-to-nutrient ratios in forest soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-133

  Spohn, Marie ^a   Chodak, Marcin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest soil depth; Litter layer; Metabolic quotient (qCO2); Microbial biomass; Microbial respiration; Soil C:N:P stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; STOICHIOMETRY;

FOREST SOILS; LITTER LAYER; METABOLIC QUOTIENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; N:P STOICHIOMETRIES;

SOILS;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRELATION; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 84912051001     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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