Long-term effects of organic amendments on the recovery of plant and soil microbial communities following disturbance in the Canadian boreal forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 331-344

  Hahn, Aria S ^a   Quideau, Sylvie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca Oil Sands Region; Boreal mixed wood forest; Moisture regimes; Native revegetation; Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis; Soil microbial communities

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FATTY ACID; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MIXED FOREST; PHOSPHOLIPID; REVEGETATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 84872595507     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1306-4     Document Type: Article

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