Microbial properties across an encatchment in the moraine, agricultural landscape of northeast germany

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-219

  Wirth, Stephan J ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

B lkendorf; Encatchment; Geostatistics; Moraine landscape; Pothole; Slope; Soil basal respiration; Soil fungi; Soil microbial biomass; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(NORTHEAST); GERMANY;

FUNGI;

EID: 0032696511     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014904599270596     Document Type: Article

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