Linkages between soil biota, nitrogen availability, and plant nitrogen uptake in a mountain ecosystem in the Scottish Highlands

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-134

  Bardgett, Richard D ^a   Streeter, Tania C ^a   Cole, Lisa ^a   Hartley, Ian R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carex; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen mineralisation; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

CAREX; CAREX BIGELOWII; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; RACOMITRIUM LANUGINOSUM;

EID: 0036162224     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(01)00188-3     Document Type: Article

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