A comparative assessment of factors which influence microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen levels in soil

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 321-358

  Wardle, D A ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL;

CARBON; HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GRASS; MICROORGANISM; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 0026616083     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1992.tb00728.x     Document Type: Review

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