Influence of balsam poplar tannin fractions on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in Alaskan taiga floodplain soils

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 33; no. 12; pp. 1827 - 1839
• Main Authors: Fierer, Noah, Schimel, Joshua P., Cates, Rex G., Zou, Jiping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2001; New York, NY Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Balsam poplar; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Mineralization; Nitrogen cycling; Organic matter; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; Populus balsamifera; Secondary chemicals; Soil science; Succession; Taiga; Tannin; tannins; Alaska; United States; North America; America; USA, Alaska; Succession; Tannin; Mineralization; Taiga; Nitrogen cycling; Secondary chemicals; Balsam poplar; Forest soil; Biogeochemical cycle; Vegetation dynamics; Microbial biomass; Salicaceae; Dose activity relation; Carbon cycle; Flood plain; Nitrogen cycle; Enzymatic activity; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Nitrification; Hardwood forest tree; Spermatophyta; Betulaceae; Populus balsamifera; Vegetal tannin

The feedbacks between plant and soil processes play an important role in driving forest succession. One poorly understood feedback mechanism is the interaction between plant secondary chemicals and soil microbes. In the Alaskan taiga, changes in nutrient cycling caused by balsam poplar ( Populus bal...