Dominant trees affect microbial community composition and activity in post-mining afforested soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-115

  Šnajdr, Jaroslav ^a   Dobiášová, Petra ^a   Urbanová, Michaela ^a   Petránková, Mirka ^a   Cajthaml, Tomáš ^a   Frouz, Jan ^b   Baldrian, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Litter; Microbial biomass; Seasonality; Spontaneous succession; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VARIABLES; CZECH REPUBLIC; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; INDIVIDUAL TREE; LITTER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; N CONTENT; OXIDATIVE ENZYMES; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SEASONALITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SPONTANEOUS SUCCESSION; TREE SPECIES; VEGETATION EFFECTS; VEGETATION TYPE;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAL DEPOSITS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SEASONALITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUCCESSION; TOPSOIL;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COAL; CONSERVATION; CZECH; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FOREST LITTER; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS; SOIL;

CZECH REPUBLIC; KARLOVARSKY; SOKOLOV;

ALNUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871928185     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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