Management practices to preserve soil organic matter in semiarid mediterranean environment

Soil Organic Matter: Ecology, Environmental Impact and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 39-61

  Laudicina, V A ^a   Barbera, V ^a   Gristina, L ^a   Badalucco, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microbial activity; Microbial biomass; Organic carbon; Semiarid mediterranean environment; Soil management

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