Soil texture affects soil microbial and structural recovery during grassland restoration

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2182-2191

  Bach, Elizabeth M ^a,c   Baer, Sara G ^a   Meyer, Clinton K ^a,d   Six, Johan ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SIMPSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Microbial biomass; Phospholipid fatty acids; Soil microbial communities; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM (CRP); MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RECOVERY; RESTORATION; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS; TEXTURES; WELL DRILLING;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BACTERIUM; BIOTIC FACTOR; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SILTY CLAY LOAM; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POACEAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 78650226538     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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