Interactive effects of precipitation manipulation and nitrogen addition on soil properties in California grassland and shrubland

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 144-153

  Khalili, Banafshe ^a   Ogunseitan, Oladele A ^a   Goulden, Michael L ^a   Allison, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen cycle; Drought; Global change; Grassland; Microbial communities; Shrubland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973533423     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.05.018     Document Type: Article

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