Plant, soil fauna and microbial responses to N-rich organic patches of contrasting temporal availability

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1517-1530

  Hodge, A ^a   Stewart, J ^b   Robinson, D ^b   Griffiths, B S ^b   Fitter, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Lolium perenne; Microorganisms; N capture; Organic patch pulse

Indexed keywords

COLONY FORMING UNIT; LYSINE; MICROBE METABOLISM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL DEGRADATION;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0032776230     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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