Soil microbial activity and community structure along a primary succession transect on the land-uplift coast in western Finland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1647-1654

  Merilä, Päivi ^a   Strömmer, Rauni ^b   Fritze, Hannu ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alnus incana; Betula sp; Forest soil; Phospholipid fatty acid; Picea abies; Soil respiration; Substrate induced respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; FINLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; PH; SOIL MICROFLORA;

FINLAND;

EID: 0036860640     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00148-7     Document Type: Article

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