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SUBMITTER: Wang H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5345093 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Haitao H Marshall Christopher W CW Cheng Minying M Xu Huijuan H Li Hu H Yang Xiaoru X Zheng Tianling T
Scientific reports 20170310
Transition of populations from rural to urban living causes landscape changes and alters the functionality of soil ecosystems. It is unclear how this urbanization disturbs the microbial ecology of soils and how the disruption influences nitrogen cycling. In this study, microbial communities in turfgrass-grown soils from urban and suburban areas around Xiamen City were compared to microbial communities in the soils from rural farmlands. The potential N<sub>2</sub>O emissions, potential denitrific ...[more]