Soil microbial biomass and activity: The effect of site characteristics in humid temperate forest ecosystems

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-184

  Friedel, Jürgen K ^a   Ehrmann, Otto ^b   Pfeffers, Michael ^c   Stemmer, Michael ^d   Vollmer, Tobias ^e   Sommer, Michael ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Research Center for Forests ^*  (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^d AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat function; Soil biodiversity; Soil microbial nitrogen; Soil organic matter quality; Soil respiration; Substrate decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645991220     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200521763     Document Type: Article

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