Transient fires useful for habitat-management do not affect soil microfauna (testate amoebae) - A study on an active military training area in eastern Germany

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Wanner, Manfred ^a   Xylander, Willi E R ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat management; Military training areas; Open landscapes; Soil microfauna; Testate amoebae; Vegetation fires

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

MINING DUMPS;

MILITARY OPERATIONS;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIRE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MILITARY LAND; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

GERMANY;

EID: 0037703456     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(02)00124-6     Document Type: Article

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