Amino sugar signature of particle-size fractions in soils of the native prairie as affected by climate

Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 220-229

  Zhang, Xudong ^a   Amelung, Wulf ^a   Yuan, Ying ^b   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino sugars; Climate; Hexosamine; Muramic acid; Particle size fractions

Indexed keywords

AMINO SUGAR; CLIMATE EFFECT; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031958204     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199803000-00007     Document Type: Article

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