Microbial processes and carbon-isotope fractionation in tropical and temperate grassland soils

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 108-114

  Santruckova H ^a   Bird, M I ^b   Lloyd, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Isotopic fractionation; Microbial biomass; Microbial respiration; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 0342699479     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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