The effects of slope position on soil biological properties in an Eroded Toposequence

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-312

  Khalili Rad, Maryam ^a   Nourbakhsh, Farshid ^a   Jalalian, Ahmad ^a   Eghbal, Mostafa Karimian ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

L glutaminase activity; Microbial biomass nitrogen; Potentially mineralizable n; Soil basal respiration; Toposequence

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL RESPIRATION; TOPOSEQUENCE;

EID: 79956077642     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2011.565860     Document Type: Article

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