A critical review of some approaches to modelling nitrogen mineralization

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 168-183

  Benbi, Dinesh K ^a   Richter, Jörg ^b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional models; Kinetic models; Microbial biomass; Modelling; Nitrogen mineralization

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; MODELING; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 0036944386     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-002-0456-6     Document Type: Review

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