Impact of faunal complexity on microbial biomass and N turnover in field mesocosms from a spruce forest soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 22-30

  Vedder, Birgit ^a   Kampichler, Christian ^b   Bachmann, Gert ^c   Bruckner, Alexander ^d   Kandeler, Ellen ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; N turnover; pH; Soil enzymes; Soil macrofauna; Soil mesofauna

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

PICEA;

EID: 85047678093     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00384428     Document Type: Article

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