Use of enclosed model ecosystems in soil ecology: A bias towards laboratory research

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-275

  Kampichler, C ^a   Bruckner, A ^b   Kandeler, E ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enclosure; Mesocosm; Microcosm; Publication impact factors; Reality; Scale

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MICROCOSM; SOIL;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MICROCOSM; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0035114499     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00140-1     Document Type: Note

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