Riparian reforestation: Are there changes in soil carbon and soil microbial communities?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2016, Pages 960-967

  Mackay, J E ^a,b   Cunningham, S C ^c,d   Cavagnaro, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Fungi to bacteria ratio; Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA); Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; LAND USE; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVEYS;

C SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; INHERENT VARIABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOIL ECOLOGY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITIONS;

SOILS;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; FATTY ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; REFORESTATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST; LAND USE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PLANTING TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFORESTATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL MOISTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; VICTORIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VICTORIA;

EID: 84969749945     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.045     Document Type: Article

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