Effects of soil management history on the rate of organic matter decomposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1917-1927

  Gunapala, N ^a,b   Venette, R C ^b   Ferris, H ^b   Scow, K M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL;

DECOMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0032404142     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00062-5     Document Type: Article

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