Shifting cultivation effects on soil fungi and bacterial population in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Miah, Sohag ^a   Dey, Soma ^a   Sirajul Haque, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

bacteria; Bangladesh; Chittagong Hill Tracts; fungi; shifting cultivation; soil biological properties; village common forest

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SANDY LOAM; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH];

ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 77955805555     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-010-0076-1     Document Type: Article

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