Soil microbial recolonisation after a fire in a Mediterranean forest

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-272

  Bárcenas Moreno, Gema ^a,b   García Orenes, Fuensanta ^b   Mataix Solera, Jorge ^b   Mataix Beneyto, Jorge ^b   Bååth, Erland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Bacteria; Forest fire; Fungi; Microbial community; Microbial recolonisation; Soil; Spore formers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FATTY ACID; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; RECOLONIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPORE; WILDFIRE;

ALICANTE [ALICANTE (PRV)]; ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 79952575197     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0532-2     Document Type: Article

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