Nutrient utilization by pine seedlings and soil microbes in oligotrophic pine barrens forest soils subjected to prescribed fire treatment

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1957-1965

  Gray, Dennis Michael ^a   Dighton, John ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leachate chemistry; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Pinus rigida; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONTROL SAMPLES; FIRE SEVERITY; FOREST SOILS; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; GROWING SEASON; LEACHATE CHEMISTRY; LEACHING LOSS; MAIN EFFECT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NUTRIENT UTILIZATION; PINE SEEDLINGS; PINUS RIGIDA; PLANT GROWTH; PRESCRIBED FIRE; PRESCRIBED FIRES; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; REDUCED SOILS; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL CORES; SOIL FIXATION; SOIL MICROBES; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; X-TREES;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; FIRES; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSES; LEACHING; MINING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TESTING;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; FOREST SOIL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; LEACHATE; SEASONALITY; SEEDLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; TREE; UPLAND REGION;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; GREENHOUSES; LEACHING; MINING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS RIGIDA; SOIL;

PINUS RIGIDA;

EID: 68849121467     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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