Nitrogen addition changes grassland soil organic matter decomposition

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 203-219

  Riggs, Charlotte E ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^a   Bach, Elizabeth M ^b,c   Hofmockel, Kirsten S ^b   Kazanski, Clare E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Fertilization; Microbial respiration; Nutrient Network; Soil aggregate; Wet sieving

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RESERVOIR; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84941878319     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0123-2     Document Type: Article

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