Soil environmental factors rather than denitrification gene abundance control N2O fluxes in a wet sclerophyll forest with different burning frequency

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 292-300

  Liu, Xian ^a   Chen, C R ^a   Wang, W J ^b   Hughes, J M ^a   Lewis, Tom ^c   Hou, E Q ^a   Shen, Jupei ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Denitrification genes; In situ N2O flux; Prescribed burning; Real time PCR; Soil environmental factors

Indexed keywords

BURNING TREATMENT; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GENE COPY NUMBER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; REAL-TIME PCR; REDUCED SOILS; SCLEROPHYLL FORESTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOIL PH; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; TARGET GENES;

DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIRES; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

GENES;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; REAL TIME; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SUBSTRATE;

FOREST FIRES; GENES; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESISTIVITY; SOIL;

EID: 84869871904     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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