Effect of trees on the decomposition rate of cellulose in soils under industrial pollution

Eurasian Soil Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 547-560

  Vorobeichik, E L ^a   Pishchulin, P G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFERING; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DECOMPOSITION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SVERDLOVSK; URALS;

ABIES; PICEA;

EID: 79956226983     PISSN: 10642293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1064229311050140     Document Type: Article

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