Effect of land management and Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC trees on soil microbial community and enzymatic activities in intensive silvopastoral systems of Colombia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 150, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-148

  Vallejo, Victoria E ^a   Arbeli, Ziv ^a   Terán, Wilson ^a   Lorenz, Nicola ^b   Dick, Richard P ^b   Roldan, Fabio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme activities; FAME biomarkers; Fertility islands; Intensive silvopastoral systems; Soil microbial communities

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILITY; FOREST CANOPY; FUNGUS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RHIZOSPHERE; SILVICULTURE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION;

COLOMBIA; LATIN AMERICA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 84857025002     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.01.022     Document Type: Article

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