Exotic annuals reduce soil heterogeneity in coastal sage scrub soil chemical and biological characteristics

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-81

  Dickens, S J M ^a   Allen, E B ^a   Santiago, L S ^a   Crowley, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal sage scrub; Exotic annuals; Heterogeneity; Nitrogen cycling; PLFA; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SAGE SCRUB; EXOTIC ANNUALS; HETEROGENEITY; NITROGEN CYCLING; PLFA; RESILIENCE;

CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; PHENOLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RECOVERY; RESTORATION;

SOILS;

ANNUAL PLANT; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SCRUB; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POACEAE;

EID: 84870982648     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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