Soil microbial biomass, activity and community composition in adjacent native and plantation forests of subtropical Australia

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1267-1277

  Burton, Joanne ^a   Chen, Chengrong ^a   Xu, Zhihong ^a   Ghadiri, Hossein ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

C source utilisation patterns; MicroResp ; Plantation forestry; Soil microbial community; Soil N dynamics; Subtropical Australia

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SIZE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77956876518     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0238-y     Document Type: Article

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