Grazing in a porous environment: 1. The effect of soil pore structure on C and N mineralization

Plant and Soil

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-83

  Görres, Josef H ^a   Savin, Mary C ^a   Neher, Deborah A ^b   Weicht, Thomas R ^b   Amador, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enclosure; Grazing; Nematodes; Nutrient mineralization; Porous environment

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MINERALIZATION; NEMATODE; PORE SPACE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0040570879     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004694202862     Document Type: Article

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