Interactions of water and nitrogen addition on soil microbial community composition and functional diversity depending on the inter-annual precipitation in a Chinese steppe

Water and nitrogen are primary limiting factors in semiarid grassland ecosystems. Our knowledge is still poor regarding the interactive effects of water and N addition on soil microbial communities, although this information is crucial to reveal the mechanisms of the terrestrial ecosystem response t...

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Main Authors: Liang-jie SUN, Yu-chun QI, Yun-she DONG, Ya-ting HE, Qin PENG, Xin-chao LIU, Jun-qiang JIA, Shu-fang GUO, Cong-cong CAO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-04-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311914607735