Ecosystem catalysis: Soil urease activity and grazing in the Serengeti ecosystem

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 467-469

  McNaughton, S J ^a   Zuniga, Gina ^a   McNaughton, M M ^a   Banyikwa, F F ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; GRAZING; NUTRIENT RELEASE; UREASE;

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031444734     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546619     Document Type: Article

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