Early-successional vegetation changes after roadside prairie restoration modify processes related with soil functioning by changing microbial functional diversity

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1245-1253

  García Palacios, Pablo ^a,b   Bowker, Matthew A ^a   Chapman, Stephen J ^c   Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Soliveres, Santiago ^a,b   Gallardo, Antonio ^d   Valladares, Fernando ^a,b   Guerrero, César ^e   Escudero, Adrián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^e MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community level physiological profiles; Dominant species; Plant soil interactions; Restoration; Roadside slopes; Secondary succession; Soil functioning

Indexed keywords

BASAL RESPIRATION; CENTRAL SPAIN; COMMUNITY LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILES; DOMINANT SPECIES; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; IN-SITU; INDIRECT EFFECTS; IRRIGATION EFFECTS; N AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS; PRAIRIE RESTORATION; RESTORATION TREATMENTS; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID ECOSYSTEMS; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL FUNCTION; SOIL MICROBES; SOIL NUTRIENTS; TOTAL EFFECT; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARID REGIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; IRRIGATION; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTORATION; ROADSIDES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMBANKMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 79954593762     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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