Soil microbial biomass during the early establishment of hoop pine plantation: Seasonal variation and impacts of site preparation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 213-225

  Chen, C R ^a   Xu, Z H ^a,b   Blumfield, T J ^a   Hughes, J M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araucaria cunninghamii; Compaction; Cultivation; Mechanized harvest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; HARVESTING; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS;

MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PLANTATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; COMPACTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLANTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILVICULTURE; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; YARRAMAN;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA CUNNINGHAMII;

EID: 0344928078     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00275-5     Document Type: Article

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