Long-term effect of re-vegetation on the microbial community of a severely eroded soil in sub-tropical China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 447-458

  Deng, Huan ^a,b,e   Zhang, Bin ^a,f   Yin, Rui ^a   Wang, Hui li ^a,b   Mitchell, Susan M ^c   Griffiths, Bryan S ^c,d   Daniell, Timothy John ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^e RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diversity; Microbial biomass carbon; Soil restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYMORPHISM; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; ROCK PROPERTY; SOIL EROSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

CHINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; DRYOBALANOPS; LESPEDEZA; LESPEDEZA BICOLOR; PINUS MASSONIANA;

EID: 77049092964     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0124-9     Document Type: Article

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