Soil microbial community composition and land use history in cultivated and grassland ecosystems of coastal California

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1599-1611

  Steenwerth, Kerri L ^a   Jackson, Louise E ^a   Calderón, Francisco J ^b   Stromberg, Mark R ^c   Scow, Kate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Hastings Natural History Reservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Grasslands; Land use history; Microbial communities; PLFA

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; RURAL AREA; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036861385     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00144-X     Document Type: Article

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