Microbial contributions to the aggregation of a cultivated grassland soil amended with starch

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-419

  Guggenberger, Georg ^a   Elliott, Edward T ^a   Frey, Serita D ^a   Six, Johan ^a   Paustian, Keith ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL; STARCH;

AGGREGATE; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033065145     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00143-6     Document Type: Article

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