The impact of secondary forests conversion into larch plantations on soil chemical and microbiological properties

Plant and Soil

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 535-546

  Yang, Kai ^a   Shi, Wei ^b   Zhu, Jiao Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Larch plantation; Microbial biomass; Secondary forest; Soil enzyme activity; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; OXIDATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STABILIZATION; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE PLANTING;

CHINA;

LARIX;

EID: 84879168503     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1535-6     Document Type: Article

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