Nitrogen availability and fungal-bacterial responses in successional semiarid steppe soils

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-332

  Klein, D A ^a   McLendon, T ^a   Paschke, M W ^a   Redente, E F ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fertilization; Grasslands; Microbial biomass; Plant communities

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FERTILIZATION; FUNGUS; GRASSLANDS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL RESPONSE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DISTURBANCE; SOIL MICROFLORA; STEPPE SOIL;

EID: 0030299173     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324989609381447     Document Type: Article

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