Soil extracellular enzyme stoichiometry reveals the nutrient limitations of soil microbial metabolism under precipitation changes in Ningxia desert steppe of China
Jiali Lian, Jing Chen, Cui Han, Ying Zhao, Xueqin Yang, Jianping Li
Topics & Concepts
EcosystemNutrientSteppeMicrobial population biologyEcologyAridAbiotic componentNitrogen cycleNutrient cycleAgronomySoil biologyBiologySoil waterBiogeochemical cycleSoil microbiologyGrasslandPrecipitationMicrobial ecologyBiotic componentBulk soilEnvironmental scienceSoil organic matterProteobacteriaTerrestrial ecosystemPhosphorusEdaphologyMicrobial metabolismSoil ecologyTillageExtracellular polymeric substanceBotanySoil pHQ10Environmental chemistrySoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyIsotope Analysis in Ecology