Long-term land use effects on soil microbial community structure and function

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-78

  Bissett, Andrew ^a   Richardson, Alan E ^a   Baker, Geoff ^a   Thrall, Peter H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land use; Microbial function; Microbial structure

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053379323     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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