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Altough the major biological processes in soil are the results of microbiological activities (catalyzed by enzymes), there is little information available about microbial and enzyme activitiy and their dependence on soil and environmental factors in forest soils.
Our objectives were to determine some of the more important biological and biochemical soil factors in different horizons of different forest ecosystems. We also sought to verify whether there is a relationship between soil biological and biochemical factors and some of the more important soil and environmental factors.
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Rastin, N., Urbainczyk, G., Schlechte, G., Hüttermann, A. (1992). Soil Biological and Biochemical Activities in Different Forest Ecosystems and their Dependence on Certain Soil and Environmental Factors. In: Teller, A., Mathy, P., Jeffers, J.N.R. (eds) Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Changes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2866-7_158
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