Influence of single trees on spatial and temporal patterns of belowground properties in native pine forest

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1372-1378

  Weber, Pascale ^a   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystems; Fungal:bacterial PLFA; Pinus sylvestris; Plant soil interactions; Soil nutrients; Spatial heterogeneity; Tree age; Tree rings; Zone of influence

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGAL:BACTERIAL PLFA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT-SOIL INTERACTIONS; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; TREE AGE; TREE-RINGS; ZONE OF INFLUENCE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BACTERIUM; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GLOBAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

AGE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; FUNGI; HETEROGENEITY; NUTRIENTS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RINGS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79954612433     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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