Microbial carbon and nitrogen dynamics in coniferous forest floor material collected along a European nitrogen deposition gradient

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Tietema, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon; Coniferous forest; Forest floor; Microbes; NITREX; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; NITREX PROJECT; NITROGEN;

EUROPE, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0032006823     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00122-9     Document Type: Article

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