How do soil organisms affect total organic nitrogen storage and substrate nitrogen to carbon ratio in soils? A theoretical analysis

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 430-442

  Zheng, David W ^a,b   Ågren, Göran I ^a   Bengtsson, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0032884467     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546648     Document Type: Article

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