Microbial Biomass and Respiration Rate of A0 Layers of Forests Dominated by Different Tree Species

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-67

  Mishima, Shin Ichiro ^a   Tateishi, Takahiro ^b   Nakatsubo, Takayuki ^c   Horikoshi, Takao ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A0 layer; Litter quality; Microbial biomass; Respiration rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038547152     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.14.63     Document Type: Article

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