Response of soil microbial communities to management strategies for enhancing Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) establishment on heather (Calluna vulgaris) moorland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 413-424

  Curlevski, Nathalie J A ^a   Artz, Rebekka R E ^a   Anderson, Ian C ^a   Cairney, John W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Burning; Forest management; Soil fungi; Soil microbial activity

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BURNING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOORLAND; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WOODLAND;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; FUNGI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 78651456539     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0593-x     Document Type: Article

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