Burning in a New Zealand snow-tussock grassland: Effects on soil microbial biomass and nitrogen and phosphorus availability

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-71

  Ross, D J ^a   Speir, T W ^a,b   Tate, K R ^a   Feltham, C W ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fire; Invertase; Microbial biomass; Respiration; Soil nutrients; Tussock grassland

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PRESCRIBED FIRE; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, OTAGO;

CHIONOCHLOA RIGIDA RIGIDA;

EID: 0031407885     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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