Dynamics of microbial population during the aggradation phase of a selectively logged subtropical humid forest in north-east India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 333-341

  Arunachalam, Kusum ^b   Arunachalam, A ^b   Tripathi, R S ^a   Pandey, H N ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b N E Reg Inst Sci and Technol

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fungi; Population; Regrowth; Selective logging; Subtropical humid forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; LOGGING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

INDIA;

ASPERGILLUS; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0031390467     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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