Differences in soil microbial biomass and activity for six agroecosystems with a management disturbance gradient

Pedosphere

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 441-447

  Zhang, Wei Jian ^a,b   Feng, Jin Xia ^a   Wu, J ^b   Parker, K ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Carbon retention; Disturbance intensity; Microbial biomass; Soil microbial activity

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; BIOMASS; DISTURBANCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

GOLDSBORO; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 7444249730     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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