Urbanization effects on soil nitrogen transformations and microbial biomass in the subtropics

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 963-976

  Enloe, Heather A ^a   Lockaby, B Graeme ^b   Zipperer, Wayne C ^c   Somers, Greg L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest; Microbial biomass; Nitrification; Nitrogen mineralization; Turfgrass; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

PINUS ELLIOTTII; POACEAE;

EID: 84939650449     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-015-0462-8     Document Type: Article

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