Effect of land-use and elevation on microbial biomass and water extractable carbon in soils of Mt. Kilimanjaro ecosystems

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-19

  Pabst, Holger ^a   Kühnel, Anna ^b   Kuzyakov, Yakov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Andosol; Elevation gradient; Land use changes; Microbial carbon dynamics; Tropical ecosystems; Water extractable carbon

Indexed keywords

OCOTEA; PODOCARPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875606973     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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