Soil resources, microbial activity, and primary production across an agricultural ecosystem

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 158-170

  Robertson, G Philip ^a   Klingensmith, Katherine M ^a,c   Klug, Michael J ^a,b   Paul, Eldor A ^a   Crum, James R ^a   Ellis, Boyd G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Keuka College ^*  (United States)

^c KEUKA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural systems; Cropping systems; Geostatistics; Kriging; Michigan, USA; Microbial biomass; Oil biology; Soil chemistry; Spatial variability; Variograms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL RESOURCE;

USA, MICHIGAN;

FABACEAE; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0030616819     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0158:SRMAAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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