Effect of mulching on labile soil organic matter pools, microbial community functional diversity and nitrogen transformations in two hardwood plantations of subtropical Australia

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-239

  Huang, Zhiqun ^a   Xu, Zhihong ^a   Chen, Chengrong ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

BIOLOG; Hot water extractable organic matter; Microbial biomass; Shannon's diversity index

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649090024     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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