On the current debate about soil biodiversity

Landbauforschung Volkenrode

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-233

  Andersen, Traute Heidi ^a   Weigel, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cmic Corg ratio; Eco physiological quotients; Fungal:bacterial ratio; qCO2; Soil microbial biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0346344022     PISSN: 04586859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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