The Earthtron facility for below-ground manipulation study

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-487

  Kamitani, Takafumi ^a   Kaneko, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthtron; Environmental control; Microcosm; N mineralization; Soil temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIELD METHOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCOSM; ROOT; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 33746439262     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0139-5     Document Type: Article

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