Responses of microbial respiration to nitrogen addition in two alpine soils in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 261-265

  Gao, Y H ^a,b   Ma, G ^c   Zeng, X Y ^d   Xu, S Q ^c   Wang, D X ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Sichuan College of Architectural Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine shrub soil; Carbon cycle; Fertilization; Microbial CO2; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORRELATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MEADOW; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; SHRUB; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SOIL;

CHEMISTRY; CHINA; MICROBIOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOIL;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIBET;

EID: 84920520439     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: 23940379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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