Effects of recreational impacts on soil microbial communities

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 233-238

  Zabinski, Catherine A ^a   Gannon, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Carbon source profile; Microbial functional diversity; Recreational impacts; Subalpine

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; RECREATION; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA; CAMPSITE; DISTURBANCE; FUNGI; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOIL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

BACTERIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

ACTINOMYCETES; BIOLOG METHOD; CARBON UTILIZATION PROFILES; COLONY FORMING UNITS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 0030615690     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900022     Document Type: Article

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