Precipitation modifies the effects of warming and nitrogen addition on soil microbial communities in northern Chinese grasslands

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-23

  Zhang, Naili ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^b   Guo, Jixun ^c   Han, Guodong ^d   Gutknecht, Jessica ^e   Schmid, Bernhard ^f   Yu, Liang ^a   Liu, Weixing ^a   Bi, Jie ^g   Wang, Zhen ^d   Ma, Keping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Co limitation; Nitrogen; Precipitation; Soil microbial community; Temperate steppe; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOILS; TEMPERATURE;

CO-LIMITATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TEMPERATE STEPPE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

MICROORGANISMS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIMITING FACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL WATER; STEPPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84936866657     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.06.022     Document Type: Article

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