Conservation of forest soil microbial diversity: The impact of fire and research needs

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-275

  Staddon, W J ^a,b   Duchesne, L C ^b   Trevors, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Fire; Forest soils; Microbial diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001577085     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a96-014     Document Type: Article

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