Fire frequency and soil enzyme activity in southern Ohio oak-hickory forests

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-146

  Boerner, R E J ^a   Brinkman, Jennifer A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Chitinase; Deciduous forests; Fire; Phenol oxidase; Glucosidase

Indexed keywords

CARYA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0037911241     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(03)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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