Distribution of nutrients and enzymes in Loess Plateau soil aggregates after long-term fertilization

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 364-372

  Qiu, Li Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Xing Chang ^a,b   Zhang, Jin Ai ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Long term fertilization; Macro aggregate; Micro aggregate; Soil enzymes; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33644941409     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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