Microbial processes in relation to carbon, nitrogen and temperature regimes in litter and a sandy mineral soil from a central Siberian Pinus sylvestris L. forest

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 757 - 767
• Main Authors: Ross, D.J., Kelliher, F.M., Tate, K.R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.1999; New York, NY Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; biodegradation; Biological and medical sciences; carbon; carbon dioxide; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; coniferous forests; forest litter; forest soils; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; mineral soils; mineralization; New Zealand; nitrogen content; Organic matter; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; Pinus radiata; Pinus sylvestris; quantitative analysis; Russia; sandy soils; soil organic matter; Soil science; soil temperature; New Zealand; Eurasia; Siberia; Oceania; Russia; Russia, Siberia; Microbial activity; Carbon dioxide; Temperature effect; Permafrost; Forest soil; Pinus radiata; Sandy soil; Pinus sylvestris; Temperate zone; Organic matter cycle; Mineralization; Softwood forest tree; Gymnospermae; Taiga; Forest stand; Podzolic soil; Litter; Biogeochemical cycle; Subpolar zone; Microbial biomass; Carbon cycle; Carbon nitrogen ratio; Nitrogen cycle; Coniferales; Spermatophyta; Respiration; Inceptisols; Comparative study

The coniferous forests of Siberia contain a significant fraction of the world's terrestrial C. We have assessed organic matter storage and potential metabolic activities in one of these forest stands by determining C and N pools, microbial properties and C and N mineralization at different temp...