Reproducibility in the response of soil bacterial community-level physiological profiles from a land use intensification gradient

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-30

  Gomez, E ^a   Garland, J ^b   Conti, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biolog assay; Community level physiological profiles; Land use intensification; Microbial diversity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1842583023     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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