Land use effects on microbial biomass C, β-glucosidase and β-glucosaminidase activities, and availability, storage, and age of organic C in soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 487-497

  Sotomayor Ramírez, David ^a   Espinoza, Yusmary ^b   Acosta Martínez, Veronica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias   (Venezuela)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Enzyme activities; Organic matter; Soil aggregates; Soil microbial biomass; Soil organic carbon; Tropical soil; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; LAND USE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SUGAR CANE; TROPICAL SOIL; VERTISOL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EUCALYPTUS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; POACEAE; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

EID: 67349175279     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-009-0359-x     Document Type: Article

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