Dynamics of soil nitrogen fractions and their relationship with soil microbial communities in two forest species of northern China

• Dong Liu,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resource and Environment Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China, State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

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• Yimei Huang ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ymhuang1971@nwsuaf.edu.cn

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resource and Environment Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5410-3409

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• Hao Yan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resource and Environment Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

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• Yueli Jiang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resource and Environment Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

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• Tong Zhao,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resource and Environment Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

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• Shaoshan An

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China

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