Tree girdling affects the soil microbial community by modifying resource availability in two subtropical plantations

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-115

  Chen, Dima ^a   Zhou, Lixia ^a   Wu, Jianping ^b   Hsu, Joanna ^c   Lin, Yongbiao ^a   Fu, Shenglei ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia crassicarpa; Eucalyptus urophylla; Microbial community composition; Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA); Rhizodeposition; Tree girdling

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA CRASSICARPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS UROPHYLLA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84855447555     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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