Soil acidification exerts a greater control on soil respiration than soil nitrogen availability in grasslands subjected to long-term nitrogen enrichment

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 658-669

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

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base mineral cations; Below ground carbon allocation; Microbial respiration; Plant functional group; Root nitrogen content; Root respiration; Root specific respiration; Soil microbial community

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHYTOMASS; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL RESPIRATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 84939548125     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12525     Document Type: Article

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