Relationship between soil organic matter and micropores in a long-term experiment at Ultima, Sweden

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 493-498

  Kirchmann, Holger ^a   Gerzabek, Martin H ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal manure; Biopores; Green manure; Microbial biomass; Microporosity; Occupation of surface area with microbes; Peat; Sawdust; Sewage sludge; Soil organic matter; Straw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002019007     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2624(199910)162:5<493::aid-jpln493>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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