Murray R. Davis

TL;DR: Investigating phosphorus availability and associated processes in the rhizosphere of perennial ryegrass and radiata pine confirmed that microbial and enzyme activities played an important role in the mineralization of soil organic P, particularly under radita pine.

TL;DR: The hypothesize that the lower levels of C, N and organic P found in soil under forest are due to enhanced microbial and phosphatase activity during the earlier stages of forest development, and the forest floor may be an important source of nutrients for plant growth and balance the apparent reduction in C,N and P in mineral soil through mineralisation and plant uptake.

TL;DR: In this paper, the seasonal dynamics of soil phosphorus and associated microbial properties were investigated in upper (0-5 cm) soils under adjacent unimproved grassland and a 19-year-old forest stand (mixture of Pinus ponderosa and Pinus nigra).

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of tree species on soil microbial community structure was investigated in a litter and root manipulation and a short-term nitrogen (N) addition experiment in 19-year-old broadleaf Mytilaria laosensis (Hamamelidaceae) and coniferous Chinese fir plantations in subtropical China.

TL;DR: In this article, the dynamics of decomposition of thinning slash and nutrient release were studied in a radiata pine (Pinus radiata D Don) plantation forest in New Zealand, and both chemical analyses and 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy were conducted to investigate relationships between decomposition and chemical composition.