Soil microbial activity and litter turnover in native grazed and ungrazed rangelands in a semiarid ecosystem

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-82

  Raiesi, Fayez ^a   Asadi, Esmael ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chahartag rangelands; Grazed and ungrazed sites; Litter turnover; Microbial biomass C; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OVERGRAZING; PASTURE; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

AGROPYRON; ANIMALIA; HORDEUM BULBOSUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; JUNCUS; THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 33747881980     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-005-0066-1     Document Type: Article

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