C:N:P stoichiometry and nutrient limitation of the soil microbial biomass in a grazed grassland site under experimental P limitation or excess

Ecological Processes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Griffiths, Bryan S ^a,b   Spilles, Annette ^a,c   Bonkowski, Michael ^c  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Soil microbial biomass; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; MOLAR RATIO; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; GROWTH LIMITATIONS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS P; N:P STOICHIOMETRIES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATIONS;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 85015252492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-1-6     Document Type: Article

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