Assessing effects of forest management on microbial community structure in a central European beech forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2595-2604

  Grayston, Susan J ^a,c   Rennenberg, Heinz ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOILS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILES; POPULATION STRUCTURES; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; THINNING;

BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; FUMIGATION; LIPIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33846295899     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-154     Document Type: Article

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