Land use influences soil fungal community composition across central Victoria, south-eastern Australia

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1724-1732

  Kasel, Sabine ^a   Bennett, Lauren T ^a   Tibbits, Josquin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalypt forest; Eucalyptus globulus; Fungal community structure; Land use; Location; NMDS; Pasture; Pinus radiata; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; POLYMORPHISM; SOILS; VEGETATION;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PINUS RADIATA;

LAND USE;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FUNGUS; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTURE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FUNGI; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 46549088454     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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