Soil degradation affects microbial biomass carbon and dehydogenase activity in humid tropical hilly forest soils

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 143-148

  Tiwari, S C ^a   Sorokhaibam, S S ^a   Dkhar, M S ^b   Mishra, R R ^b  

^a NE Reg Inst of Science/Technology ^*  (India)

^b NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenase activity; Humid forests; Microbial biomass carbon; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEFORESTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; HUMIDITY; INDIA; LOGGING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 0038403934     PISSN: 09723005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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