Spatial variability of enzyme activities in a 100-year old long-term field experiment

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-156

  Böhme, Livia ^a   Böhme, Frank ^a   Langer, Uwe ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite sample; Individual sample; Representativeness; Soil enzymes; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 4444333559     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-004-0769-8     Document Type: Article

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