Biodiversity of soil microbial communities in agricultural systems

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-209

  Pankhurst, C E ^a,b   Ophel Keller, K ^a   Doube, B M ^a,b   Gupta, V V S R ^a  

^a PMB 2 ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Ecosystem function; Functional diversity; Nucleic acid analyses; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY;

EID: 0029661580     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00055830     Document Type: Article

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