Scale-dependent relationships between soil organic carbon and urease activity

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1087-1095

  Corstanje, R ^a   Schulin, R ^b   Lark, R M ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 34548598392     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2007.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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