Xylanase, invertase and protease at the soil-litter interface of a loamy sand

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1171-1179

  Kandeler, Ellen ^a   Luxhøi, Jesper ^b   Tscherko, Dagmar ^c   Magid, Jakob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Plant Nutr and Soil Fertil Lab   (Denmark)

^c Fed Agy and Res Ctr for Agric   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen dynamics; Enzyme activities; Soil litter interface

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBE METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PROTEINASE; SOIL ANALYSIS; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ENZYME; LITTER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AMENDMENT;

EID: 0033030802     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00035-8     Document Type: Article

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