Plant community influence on soil microbial response after a wildfire in Sierra Nevada National Park (Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 573, Issue , 2016, Pages 1265-1274

  Bárcenas Moreno, Gema ^a   García Orenes, Fuensanta ^b   Mataix Solera, Jorge ^b   Mataix Beneyto, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microbial abundance; Microbial activity; Mountain soils; Plant community; PLFA; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; FIRES; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; LANDFORMS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOILS;

MICROBIAL ABUNDANCES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MOUNTAIN SOILS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLFA; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

FATTY ACID;

ABUNDANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIONAL PARK; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; FOREST; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRUB; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPAIN; ALTITUDE; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; RECREATIONAL PARK; WILDFIRE;

ANDALUCIA; SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALTITUDE; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN; WILDFIRES;

EID: 84971344183     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.013     Document Type: Article

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