Short- and long-term impacts of Acacia longifolia invasion on the belowground processes of a Mediterranean coastal dune ecosystem

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-217

  Marchante, Elizabete ^a,b   Kjøller, Annelise ^b   Struwe, Sten ^b   Freitas, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glucosaminidase activity; Ecosystem processes; Invasive plant species; Microbial activity and biomass; Potential nitrification; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA LONGIFOLIA;

EID: 50649094937     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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