Measuring soil microbial parameters relevant for soil carbon fluxes

Soil Carbon Dynamics: An Integrated Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 169-186

  Kutsch, Werner L ^a   Schimel, Joshua ^b   Denef, Karolien ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Environmental Resources Management Belgium   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711794.010     Document Type: Chapter

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