Size of microbial biomass in soils of China

Pedosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-272

  Yan, Wang ^a   Qirong, Shen ^a   Zhengming, Yang ^a   Ling, Y U ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C:n and c:p ratios; Fumigation extraction; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842462282     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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