Biologically active pools of carbon and nitrogen in tallgrass prairie soil1

Defining Soil Quality for a Sustainable Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 201-208

  Rice, Charles W ^a   Garcia, Fernando O ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agricultural ecosystems; Annual burning; Biologically active pool; Carbon mineralization; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen fertilization management; Soil quality; Tallgrass prairie soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102323010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub35.c14     Document Type: Chapter

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