Microbial community structure and function: The effect of silvicultural burning and topographic variability in northern Alberta

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 770-777

  Swallow, M ^a   Quideau, S A ^a   MacKenzie, M D ^a   Kishchuk, B E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwood forest; Harvesting; Multi substrate induced respiration (MSIR); Multivariate regression trees (MRT); Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis; Silviculture; Trembling Aspen; White Spruce

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; FLOORS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

BOREAL MIXEDWOOD FOREST; MULTI-SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATION (MSIR); MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION TREES (MRT); PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID (PLFA) ANALYSIS; SILVICULTURE; TREMBLING ASPEN; WHITE SPRUCE;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELEVATION; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIXED FOREST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILVICULTURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ACIDS; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; FLOORS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LIPIDS; PICEA ENGELMANNII; POPULUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; SILVICULTURE; SUBSTRATES;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 62049084925     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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