Seasonality of the soil biota of grazed and ungrazed hill grasslands

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1285-1294

  Bardgett, R D ^a,b   Leemans, D K ^a   Cook, R ^a   Hobbs, P J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN EARTH SOIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PODZOL; SOIL BIOTA;

AGROSTIS; FESTUCA; NARDUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 0030838411     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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