Plant regeneration functional groups modulate the response to fire of soil enzyme activities in a Mediterranean shrubland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 5-13

  López Poma, Rosario ^a   Bautista, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Fire effects; Post fire; Resprouter; Seeder; Soil enzyme; glucosidase

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; FIRE EFFECT; GLUCOSIDASE; POST-FIRE; RESPROUTER; SEEDER; SOIL ENZYMES;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARBON CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PATCHINESS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; REGENERATION; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDFIRE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84907470035     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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