In situ spatial patterns of soil bacterial populations, mapped at multiple scales, in an arable soil

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 296-305

  Nunan, N ^a   Wu, K ^b   Young, I M ^b   Crawford, J W ^b   Ritz, K ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; GEOSTATISTICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036834886     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-2021-0     Document Type: Article

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