Relating soil microbial activity to water content and tillage-induced differences in soil structure

Geoderma

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 256-264

  Schjønning, Per ^a   Thomsen, Ingrid K ^a   Petersen, Søren O ^a   Kristensen, Kristian ^a   Christensen, Bent T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gas diffusion; Net nitrification; Reduced tillage; Soil structure; Water

Indexed keywords

AIR-FILLED PORES; BULK DENSITY; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS DIFFUSIVITY; LIMITING PROCESS; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MODEL PARAMETERS; NET NITRIFICATION; NITRATE ACCUMULATION; OPTIMUM WATER CONTENT; REDUCED TILLAGE; SECOND ORDERS; SOIL CORES; SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TYPES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TILLAGE EFFECTS; TILLAGE PRACTICES; TILLAGE TREATMENT; UPPER LAYER;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; GASES; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PORE SIZE; SAND; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

WATER CONTENT;

BULK DENSITY; DIFFUSION; GAS FLOW; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PORE SPACE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79958024911     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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