Alternative kinetic laws to describe the turnover of the microbial biomass

Plant and Soil

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 169-173

  Whitmore, A P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

kinetics; microbial biomass; model

Indexed keywords

KINETICS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANISM;

EID: 0029790228     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00011304     Document Type: Article

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