Is the soil microbial community related to the basal area of trees in a Scots pine stand?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1832-1834

  Pietikäinen, Janna ^a   Tikka, Päivi J ^b   Valkonen, Sauli ^b   Isomäki, Antti ^b   Fritze, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Basal area; Basal respiration; Humus layer FH; Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA); Pinus sylvestris; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOFTWOODS; SOIL MECHANICS;

BASAL RESPIRATION; HUMUS LAYER FH; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS (PLFA); SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; LITTERFALL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

BASAL AREA; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SOIL MECHANICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34247227583     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.01.035     Document Type: Article

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