Effects of pasture management on soil fertility and microbial communities in the semi-arid grasslands of Inner Mongolia

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 235-242

  Liu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Qichun ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Di, Hongjie ^a   Xu, Jianming ^a   Li, Jiangye ^a   Guan, Xiongming ^a   Xu, Xiaoya ^a   Pan, Hong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Microbial community structure; Pasture management; Stable isotope probing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PASTURE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84953638854     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-015-1210-7     Document Type: Article

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