Assessing air-drying and rewetting pre-treatment effect on some soil enzyme activities under Mediterranean conditions

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2125-2134

  Zornoza, R ^a   Guerrero, C ^a   Mataix Solera, J ^a   Arcenegui, V ^a   Garcia Orenes F ^a   Mataix Beneyto, J ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air drying and rewetting pre treatment; Mediterranean region; Soil enzymes; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DRYING; FROZEN SOILS; SAMPLING; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

AIR DRYING AND REWETTING PRE-TREATMENT; INCUBATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; REWETTING; SOIL ENZYME; SOIL QUALITY;

ENZYME KINETICS;

DEGRADATION; DISTURBANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INCUBATION; REWETTING; SAMPLING; SOIL QUALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33746767602     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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