Soil extractable carbon and nitrogen, microbial biomass and microbial metabolic activity in response to warming and increased precipitation in a semiarid Inner Mongolian grassland - Zhou, Xiaoqi; Chen, Chengrong; Wang, Yanfen; Xu, Zhihong; Duan, Jichuang; Hao, Yanbin; Smaill, Simeon (Geoderma, 2013)
Keywords: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; arid zones; Biological and medical sciences; carbon; China; climate change; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Extractable organic carbon and nitrogen; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geochemistry; Grassland; grasslands; Increased precipitation; Metabolic activity; microbial activity; Microbial biomass; microbial physiology; nitrogen; potassium chloride; semiarid zones; Soil and rock geochemistry; soil depth; Soils; Surficial geology; Warming; China; Inner Mongolia China; Far East; Asia; Northern China; China, People's Rep; Warming; Grassland; Increased precipitation; Metabolic activity; Extractable organic carbon and nitrogen; Microbial biomass; Microbial activity; Organic nitrogen; arid environment; Potassium chloride; Biological activity; precipitation; grasslands; depth; Arid region; microorganisms; Semi arid zone; warming; metabolism; Measurement method; soils; organic carbon; climate change