Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on soil microbial communities in oak forests persist for more than 100 years

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-87

  Fichtner, A ^a   von Oheimb, G ^b   Hardtle W ^b   Wilken, C ^a,b   Gutknecht, J L M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ecological continuity; Ecosystem functioning; Enzyme activity; Forest succession; Fungi; Land use legacy; Microbial biomass; Quercus petraea

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; FOREST SUCCESSION; LAND-USE LEGACY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGI; LAND USE; MICROORGANISMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUCCESSION;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FUNGI; LAND USE; MICROORGANISMS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 84891641970     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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