A meta-analysis of soil microbial biomass responses to forest disturbances

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Holden, Sandra R ^a   Treseder, Kathleen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire; Forest; Harvest; Insect; Pathogen; Soil microbial biomass; Storm

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; FIRE; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HARVESTING; INFESTATION; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; SOIL FUMIGATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; TAIGA; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WARMING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 84884234151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00163     Document Type: Article

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