Site and management effects on soil microbial properties of subalpine meadows: A study of land abandonment along a north-south gradient in the European Alps

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 639-649

  Zeller, Valentina ^a,b   Bardgett, Richard D ^c   Tappeiner, Ulrike ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b Biologisches Labor der Landesagentur Für Umwelt und Arbeitsschutz   (Italy)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ergosterol; Management abandonment; Microbial biomass; Phospholipid fatty acid; Subalpine meadows

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CONTENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ERGOSTEROL; EUROPE; FATTY ACID; GRASSLAND; GROWTH REGULATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NITROGEN; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0035085671     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00208-X     Document Type: Article

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