Restoration and canopy type influence soil microflora in a ponderosa pine forest

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1627-1638

  Boyle, Sarah I ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^a   Kaye, Jason P ^b   Waldrop, Mark P ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FIRES; FUNGI; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY;

DISTURBANCE REGIMES; FOREST FLOOR DETRITUS;

SOILS;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; THINNING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 24644440426     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0029     Document Type: Article

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