The microbial biomass and activity in soil with shrub (Caragana korshinskii K.) plantation in the semi-arid loess plateau in China

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-10

  Jia, Guo Mei ^a,c   Liu, Bing Ru ^b,c   Wang, Gang ^c   Zhang, Baolin ^a  

^a CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caragana korshinskii; Microbial biomass C, N, microbial activity; Soil chemical properties

Indexed keywords

CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII;

EID: 72449192165     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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