Changes in soil microbial biomass and aggregate stability following burning and soil rehabilitation

Geoderma

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-82

  Villar, M C ^a   Petrikova, V ^b   Diaz Ravina M ^a   Carballas, T ^a  

^a Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^b Res Institute for Plant Production   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Burnt soils reclamation; Microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; VEGETATION;

BURNT SOILS; FERTILIZATION; SOIL REHABILITATION;

SOIL TESTING;

AGGREGATE; BIOMASS; BURNING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE;

FRAXINUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 3242732152     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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