Global pattern and controls of soil microbial metabolic quotient

Xu, XF; Schimel, JP; Janssens, IA; Song, X; Song, CC; Yu, GR; Sinsabaugh, RL; Tang, DD; Zhang, XC; Thornton, PE

Xu, XF (reprint author), San Diego State Univ, Biol Dept, San Diego, CA 92182 USA.; Xu, XF (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Northeast Inst Geog & Agroecol, Changchun, Jilin, Peoples R China.

ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS, 2017; 87 (3): 429

Abstract

The microbial metabolic quotient (MMQ), microbial respiration per unit of biomass, is a fundamental factor controlling heterotrophic respiration, the ......

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