Effects of land use on soil total and light fraction organic, and microbial biomass C and N in a semi-arid ecosystem of northwest China
- 15 October 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Geoderma
- Vol. 153 (1-2), 285-290
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.08.020
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Funding Information
- Ministry of Education
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (20060730027, 2007CB106804)
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