Assessing spatial variability of soil enzyme activities in pasture topsoils using geostatistics

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 230-237

  Aşkin, Tayfun ^a   Kizilkaya, Ridvan ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase activity; Arylsulfatase activity; Spatial variability; Urease activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849188018     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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