Microbial properties and litter and soil nutrients after two prescribed fires in developing savannas in an upland Missouri Ozark Forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 755-763

  Ponder Jr , Felix ^a   Tadros, Mahasin ^b   Loewenstein, Edward F ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belowground systems; Disturbance fire; Forest vegetation management; Savanna development

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POTASSIUM; SOILS; SULFUR; VEGETATION;

BELOWGROUND SYSTEMS; BURNING TREATMENTS; DISTURBANCE/FIRE; FOREST VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MISSOURI OZARK FORESTS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; PRESCRIBED BURNS; PRESCRIBED FIRES; QUERCUS; SAVANNA DEVELOPMENT; SOIL LAYERS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL PH; STUDY SITES; SURFACE LITTERS;

NUTRIENTS;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SAVANNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BACTERIA; BORON; CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; LIPIDS; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM; SOIL; SULFUR;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; QUERCUS;

EID: 56649098953     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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