Soil enzyme response to vegetation disturbance in two lowland Costa Rican soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1603-1608

  Caldwell, Bruce A ^a   Griffiths, Robert P ^a   Sollins, Phillip ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Soil enzymes; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATASE; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOIL; VEGETATION; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032827220     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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