Soil enzyme activity changes in different-aged spruce forests of the eastern qinghai-tibetan plateau

Pedosphere

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-312

  Zhang, Yong Mei ^a,b,c   Zhou, Guo Yi ^a   Wu, Ning ^b   Bao, Wei Kai ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Catalase; Invertase; Peroxidase; Spruce forest (Picea spp.)

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PICEA;

EID: 3843126403     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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