Spatial variability of soil fungal and bacterial abundance: Consequences for carbon turnover along a transition from a forested to clear-cut site

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-13

  Churchland, Carolyn ^a   Grayston, Sue J ^a   Bengtson, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

13C natural abundance; Carbon cycling; Clear cut; CO2; Forests; Soil microorganisms; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLING; CLEAR-CUT; FORESTS; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BACTERIUM; CARBON FLUX; CLEARCUTTING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GEOSTATISTICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCORRHIZA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FUNGI; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84876485248     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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