Soil microbial parameters and stability of soil aggregate fractions under different grassland communities on the Loess Plateau, China

Biologia

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-427

  An, Shao Shan ^a,b   Mentler, Axel ^b   Acosta Martínez, Veronica ^c   Blum, Winfried E H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme activities; Grassland revegetation; Loess Plateau of China; Soil aggregate fractions and stability; Soil microbial biomass C(Cmic); Soil microbial biomass N(Nmic)

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 65549083806     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0112-9     Document Type: Article

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