Organic matter cycling in grassland soils of the Swiss Jura mountains: Biodiversity and strategies of the living communities

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1281-1293

  Maire, Nicolas ^a   Borcard, Daniel ^b   Laczkó, Endre ^c   Matthey, Willy ^b  

^a Zone Industrielle Les Ducats   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c SOLVIT   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biochemical tracers; Enzymes; Grasslands; Litter degradation; Microarthropods; Microbial diversity; Phospholipid fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACTINEDIDA; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHITINASE; COLLEMBOLA; ENDO 1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMASIDA; ORGANIC MATTER; ORIBATIDA; SOIL DEGRADATION; UREASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND SOIL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032789573     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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