Effects of substrate supply, pH, and char on net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification along a wildfire-structured age gradient in chaparral

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-99

  Hanan, Erin J ^a   Schimel, Joshua P ^a   Dowdy, Kelsey ^a   D'Antonio, Carla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Char; Nitrification; pH; Substrate supply; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PH;

CHAPARRAL; CHAR; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MEDITERRANEAN-TYPE ECOSYSTEMS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS C AND N; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; WILDFIRE;

SOILS;

AMMONIUM; CHAPARRAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; PH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954288090     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.12.017     Document Type: Article

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