Soil fungal communities respond compositionally to recurring frequent prescribed burning in a managed southeastern US forest ecosystem

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 345, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Oliver, Alena K ^a   Callaham, Mac A ^b   Jumpponen, Ari ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire management; Loblolly pine; Pinus taeda; Prescribed fire; Soil fungi

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUNGI; SOILS;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; LOBLOLLY PINE; PINUS TAEDA; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SOIL FUNGI;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; OTUS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84929656462     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.020     Document Type: Article

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