A chronsequential approach to investigating microbial community shifts following clearcutting in Boreal plain forest soils

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2078-2089

  Hynes, Holly M ^a   Germida, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; 16S RDNA ANALYSIS; BOREAL PLAIN; CHRONOSEQUENCES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY SIZE; CUTBLOCKS; DOUGLAS; FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUES; FOREST HARVESTING; FOREST SOILS; FUNGAL BIOMASS; LODGEPOLE PINE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PINUS CONTORTA; POSTHARVEST; SOIL PARAMETERS;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOILS;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FATTY ACID; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; HARVESTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 84870891171     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0038     Document Type: Review

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