Long term repeated burning in a wet sclerophyll forest reduces fungal and bacterial biomass and responses to carbon substrates

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2246-2252

  Campbell, Colin D ^a   Cameron, Clare M ^a   Bastias, Brigitte A ^b   Chen, Chengrong ^c   Cairney, John W G ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

C source utilisation; Community level physiological profiles; Microbial community; MicroResp ; PLFA; Prescribed burning; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS;

BACTERIAL BIOMASS; C SOURCE UTILISATION; CARBON SUBSTRATES; COMMUNITY LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILES; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; LONG TERM; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PLFA; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY; SHORT TERM; SOIL; SUBSTRATE QUALITY; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATION;

SUBSTRATES;

BACTERIUM; BURNING; CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RESPIRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 49249132733     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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