Soil microbial community composition under Eucalyptus plantations of different age in subtropical China

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-135

  Cao, Yusong ^a   Fu, Shenglei ^a   Zou, Xiaoming ^b   Cao, Honglin ^a   Shao, Yuanhu ^a   Zhou, Lixia ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Forest plantation; Microbial community; Soil properties; Subtropical China

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 77949569642     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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