Seasonal dynamics of microbial biomass C, N and P during regrowth of a disturbed subtropical humid forest in north-east India

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-37

  Maithani, Kusum ^a   Tripathi, R S ^a   Arunachalam, A ^a   Pandey, H N ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Forest regrowth; Microbial biomass; Soil nutrient pool

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001957073     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-1393(96)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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