Interactive effects of wildfire and permafrost on microbial communities and soil processes in an Alaskan black spruce forest

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2591-2602

  Waldrop, Mark P ^a   Harden, Jennifer W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Carbon cycling; Enzymes; Fungi; Lignin; Permafrost; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; LIGNIN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERMAFROST; PHENOL; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CARBON; WILDFIRE;

FUNGI; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 54449098253     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01661.x     Document Type: Article

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