Unravelling the importance of forest age stand and forest structure driving microbiological soil properties, enzymatic activities and soil nutrients content in Mediterranean Spanish black pine(Pinus nigra Ar. ssp. salzmannii) Forest

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 562, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-154

  Lucas Borja, M E ^a   Hedo, J ^a   Cerda A ^b   Candel Perez D ^a   Vinegla B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nutrient storage; Soil enzymes; Soil organic matter; Spanish black pine; Tree age

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ENZYMES; MANGANESE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

BLACK PINES; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOIL ENZYMES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TREE AGE; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

FORESTRY;

CALCIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; ENZYME; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER; ZINC;

AGE DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; STAND DYNAMICS; TREE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STAND; FOREST STRUCTURE; LITTER FALL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PINE; PINUS NIGRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPAIN; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

PINUS NIGRA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; PINUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN;

EID: 84964587724     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.160     Document Type: Article

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