Bacterial composition of soils in ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests exposed to different wildfire burn severity

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 242-250

  Weber, Carolyn F ^a   Lockhart, J Scott ^a   Charaska, Emily ^a   Aho, Ken ^a   Lohse, Kathleen A ^a  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; Disturbance ecology; Las Conchas fire; Ponderosa pine; Soil microbiology; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING; DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY; PONDEROSA PINES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WILDFIRE;

ECOLOGY; FIRES; GENES; RNA; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAJECTORY; WILDFIRE;

ECOLOGY; FIRES; FORESTRY; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PINUS PONDEROSA; SOIL;

EID: 84890184253     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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