Is the effect of trees on soil properties mediated by soil fauna? A case study from post-mining sites

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 309, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-95

  Frouz, Jan ^a   Livečková, Miluše ^b   Albrechtová, Jana ^a   Chroňáková, Alica ^c   Cajthaml, Tomáš ^a,d   Pižl, Václav ^c   Háněl, Ladislav ^c   Starý, Josef ^c   Baldrian, Petr ^d   Lhotáková, Zuzana ^a   Šimáčková, Hana ^a   Cepáková, Šárka ^b,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Earthworms; Foliage chemistry; Microorganisms; Reclamation; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; BIOTURBATION; EARTHWORMS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NATURAL SUCCESSION; PARTIAL CORRELATION; SOIL FAUNA;

ALKALINITY; ANIMALS; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIUM; BIOTURBATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EARTHWORM; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOLIAGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MINING; OVERBURDEN; RECLAIMED LAND; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL PROPERTY; SUCCESSION; TOPSOIL;

ANIMALS; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; POLLUTION; RECLAMATION; SOIL;

CZECH REPUBLIC; KARLOVARSKY; SOKOLOV;

ALNUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LARIX; PICEA; SALIX;

EID: 84884819474     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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