In situ studies of soil mineral N fluxes: Some comments on the applicability of the sequential soil coring method in arable soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-211

  Stenger, Roland ^a   Priesack, Eckart ^a   Beese, Friedrich ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

immobilization; net nitrogen mineralization; plant N uptake; soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; FOREST SOIL; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; SOIL CORING;

EID: 0030301695     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00011435     Document Type: Article

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