Dynamics of soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in calcareous soils after land-use abandonment – A chronosequence study

Plant and Soil

Volumn 401, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 185-196

  Spohn, Marie ^a   Novák, Tibor József ^b   Incze, József ^b   Giani, Luise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Land use abandonment; Microbial community composition; Organic phosphorus; Phosphorus fractions; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CALCAREOUS SOIL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STOICHIOMETRY; VINEYARD;

HUNGARY;

FUNGI;

EID: 84961217935     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2513-6     Document Type: Article

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