Cover crops and cultivation: Impacts on soil N dynamics and microbiological function in a Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystem

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-380

  Steenwerth, Kerri ^a   Belina, K M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Disturbance; Greenhouse gas; Land use; Microbial activity; Microbial biomass; N mineralization; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Soil organic matter; Tillage; Trace gas efflux

Indexed keywords

SECALE CEREALE; TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 50649115947     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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