Preferential flow paths: Biological 'hot spots' in soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 729-738

  Bundt, M ^a,b   Widmer, F ^b,c   Pesaro, M ^b   Zeyer, J ^b   Blaser, P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forest soils; Microbial biomass; Microbial community structure; Preferential flow; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL DEPTH; WATER FLOW; WOOD ASH;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL WATER;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0035031808     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00218-2     Document Type: Article

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