Pasture management clearly affects soil microbial community structure and N-cycling bacteria

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 237-251

  Wakelin, Steven A ^a   Gregg, Adrienne L ^a   Simpson, Richard J ^a   Li, Guandgi D ^b   Riley, Ian T ^c   McKay, Alan C ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

amoA; DGGE; Microbial ecology; narG; nifH; TRFLP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; FUNGUS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PASTURE; RAINFALL; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 61849145224     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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