Effects of land use on the level, variation and spatial structure of soil enzyme activities and bacterial communities

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1464-1473

  Wallenius, K ^a   Rita, H ^a   Mikkonen, A ^a   Lappi, K ^a   Lindstrom K ^a   Hartikainen, H ^a   Raateland, A ^b   Niemi, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Land use; Length heterogeneity PCR; Semivariogram; Soil enzyme activity; Topsoil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; LENGTH HETEROGENEITY PCR; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITY; TOPSOIL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MEADOW; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; FREE RADICALS; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE; LOAM; MINERALS; REACTION MECHANISMS; SOIL; SURVEYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PICEA;

EID: 79955948818     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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