Soil microbial biomass under the canopy of coastal sand dune shrubs

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-80

  Sarig, S ^a   Fliessbach, A ^b   Steinberger, Y ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artemisia Monosperma; Microbial Biomass; Qco2; Retama Raetam; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DUNE; SALINITY; SHRUB; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTEMISIA MONOSPERMA; RETAMA RAETAM;

EID: 0032925750     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089030699263500     Document Type: Article

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