Effects of weed communities with various species numbers on soil features in a subtropical orchard ecosystem

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-388

  Chen, Xin ^a   Tang, Jianjun ^a   Fang, Zhiguo ^a   Shimizu, Katsuyoshi ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMF; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; C; Carbon; Microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen; N; Nitrogen; Plant biomass and plant nitrogen; Soil nitrogen and soil organic matter; Subtropical citrus orchard; Weed community

Indexed keywords

ORCHARD; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; WEED;

ASIA; CHANGSHAN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

CITRUS; FUNGI;

EID: 1842716850     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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