Nitrogen addition enhances home-field advantage during litter decomposition in subtropical forest plantations

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-196

  Yu, Zaipeng ^a   Huang, Zhiqun ^a   Wang, Minhuang ^a   Liu, Ruiqiang ^a   Zheng, Lujia ^a   Wan, Xiaohua ^a   Hu, Zhenhong ^a   Davis, Murray R ^b   Lin, Teng Chiu ^c  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Taiwan Normal University ^*  (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cunninghamia lanceolata; Microbial community composition; Nutrient release; Reciprocal litter transplant

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; TROPICS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ABUNDANCES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NUTRIENT RELEASE; PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SHRUB; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL FOREST;

DECAY; ENVIRONMENTS; FOREST LITTER; PLANTS;

CHINA;

CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; MYTILARIA LAOSENSIS;

EID: 84940021753     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.07.026     Document Type: Article

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