The effect of burning on soil enzyme activities in natural grasslands in southern India

Ecological Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-25

  Senthilkumar, Kurunthachalam ^a,b   Manian, Sellamuthu ^a   Udaiyan, Karuthamuthu ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

burning; enzyme; fire; grassland; microbes; soil

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIRE; GRASSLAND; SOIL;

INDIA;

EID: 0030620277     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523606     Document Type: Article

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