Stable isotope natural abundances of soil, plants and soil invertebrates in an upland pasture

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1773-1782

  Neilson, R ^a   Hamilton, D ^a   Wishart, J ^a   Marriott, C A ^a   Boag, B ^a   Handley, L L ^a   Scrimgeour, C M ^a   McNicol, J W ^b   Robinson, D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; SOIL;

EID: 0032214001     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00038-8     Document Type: Article

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