Biological activity and organic matter mineralization of soils amended with biowaste composts

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-159

  Leifeld, Jens ^a,c   Siebert, Stefanie ^b   Kögel Knabner, Ingrid ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b VHE NRW   (Germany)

^c Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biowaste compost; Carbon mineralization; Metabolic quotient; Soil microbial biomass; Soil organic matter; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038195671     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2624(200204)165:2<151::AID-JPLN151>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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