Functional diversity of soil organisms - A review of recent research activities in Germany

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 408-420

  Emmerling, Christoph ^a   Schloter, Michael ^b   Hartmann, Anton ^b   Kandeler, Ellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catabolic profiles; Ecosystem engineers; Functional diversity; Functional gene analysis; Genetic microdiversity; Soil enzymes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141941027     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2624(200208)165:4<408::AID-JPLN408>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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