Variations in soil aggregate stability and enzyme activities in a temperate agroforestry practice

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-160

  Udawatta, Ranjith P ^a   Kremer, Robert J ^a   Adamson, Brandon W ^a   Anderson, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn soybean rotation; Grass buffer; Grass waterways; Nonpoint source pollution; Soil DNA; Total carbon

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS GIGANTEA; BROMUS; GLYCINE MAX; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39649115576     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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