Moisture effects on microbial communities in boreal forest floors are stand-dependent

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-126

  Swallow, Mathew ^a   Quideau, Sylvie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Moisture; Multi substrate induced respiration (multi SIR); Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis; Trembling aspen; White spruce

Indexed keywords

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS;

EID: 84871072681     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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