Effects of biochar, earthworms, and litter addition on soil microbial activity and abundance in a temperate agricultural soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1189-1200

  Bamminger, Chris ^a   Zaiser, Natalie ^a   Zinsser, Prisca ^a   Lamers, Marc ^a   Kammann, Claudia ^b   Marhan, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea caliginosa; Biochar; Respiratory efficiency; Soil microbial community composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922079904     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: 14320789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-014-0968-x     Document Type: Article

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