Microbial activity in response to water-filled pore space of variably eroded southern Piedmont soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-101

  Franzluebbers, A J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen mineralization; Soil texture; Soil water

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032909217     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00128-0     Document Type: Article

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