Soil-structure development including seasonal dynamics in a long-term fertilization experiment

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-403

  Schlüter, Steffen ^a   Weller, Ulrich ^a   Vogel, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectivity function; Minkowski functionals; Organic carbon; Pore structure; Pore size distribution; Resiliency; Scale fusion; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957874760     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201000103     Document Type: Article

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