Changes in soil chemical and microbial properties after a wildfire in a tropical rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1071-1078

  Ilstedt, U ^a   Giesler, R ^a   Nordgren, A ^a   Malmer, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acrisol; Fertility; Hedley fractionation; Resilience; Soil quality; Ultisol

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; NUTRITION; REACTION KINETICS; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

ORGANIC LAYERS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RAINFOREST; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDFIRE;

MALAYSIA; SABAH;

EID: 0042704840     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00152-4     Document Type: Article

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