The influence of the soil matrix on nitrogen mineralisation and nitrification. II. The pore system as a framework for mapping the organisation of the soil matrix

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 855-872

  Strong, D T ^a,b   Sale, P W G ^a   Helyar, K R ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microsites; Potentially mineralisable N; Soil architecture; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

MATRIX; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL PORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WAGGA WAGGA;

EID: 0031678659     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S97103     Document Type: Article

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