Long term repeated prescribed burning increases evenness in the basidiomycete laccase gene pool in forest soils

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 397-410

  Artz, Rebekka R E ^a   Reid, Eileen ^a   Anderson, Ian C ^a,b   Campbell, Colin D ^a   Cairney, John W G ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest soil; Fungi; Laccase; Prescribed burning; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

LACCASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CARBON CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; FOREST SOIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BIOMASS; CARBON; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GENETIC VARIATION; LACCASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHYLOGENY; QUEENSLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

FUNGI;

EID: 59249101849     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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