Extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reveals the carbon and phosphorus limitations of microbial metabolisms in the rhizosphere and bulk soils in alpine ecosystems

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 458; no. 1/2; pp. 7 - 20
• Main Authors: Cui, Yongxing, Bing, Haijian, Fang, Linchuan, Jiang, Mao, Shen, Guoting, Yu, Jialuo, Wang, Xia, Zhu, He, Wu, Yanhong, Zhang, Xingchang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Science + Business Media 01.01.2021; Springer International Publishing; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abies fabri; Alpine ecosystems; Alpine environments; Altitude; Analysis; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bulk solids; Carbon; carbon sequestration; China; Climate change; Communities; Control; Cycles; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environment models; Environmental aspects; Environmental gradient; Enzymes; extracellular enzymes; Global warming; High altitude; High-altitude environments; Identification and classification; Life Sciences; Low altitude; Metabolism; Microbial activity; Microbial metabolism; Microorganisms; Mountains; Nutrient availability; Phosphorus; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Properties; Regular Article; REGULAR ARTICLES; Rhizosphere; Soil chemistry; Soil moisture; Soil nutrients; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil temperature; Soils; Stoichiometry; Vegetation; China; Rhizosphere; Microbial nutrient limitation; Alpine ecosystem; Extracellular enzyme stoichiometry; Altitudinal gradients

Aims Alpine ecosystems are important terrestrial carbon (C) pools, and microbial decomposers play a key role in cycling soil C. Microbial metabolic limitations in these ecosystems, however, have rarely been studied. The objectives of this study are to reveal the characteristics of microbial nutrient...