Effects of nitrogen enrichment on belowground communities in grassland: Relative role of soil nitrogen availability vs. soil acidification

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-108

  Chen, Dima ^a,b   Lan, Zhichun ^a   Hu, Shuijin ^b   Bai, Yongfei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base mineral cations; Belowground communities; Belowground food web; Plant functional groups; Plant soil interactions; Soil microbial communities; Soil nematode communities; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FORESTRY; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; NITROGEN; POSITIVE IONS;

FOOD WEBS; PLANT FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL NEMATODE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

SOILS;

ACIDIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOMASS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; POACEAE;

EID: 84937123090     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.06.028     Document Type: Article

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