Belowground Ecosystem Recovery During Grassland Restoration: South African Highveld Compared to US Tallgrass Prairie

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 390-403

  Baer, Sara G ^a   Bach, Elizabeth M ^b   Meyer, Clinton K ^c   Du Preez, Chris C ^d   Six, Johan ^e  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMPSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aggregate; carbon; microbial community; nitrogen; phospholipid fatty acid; root; soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939997854     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9833-x     Document Type: Article

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