Fire affects root decomposition, soil food web structure, and carbon flow in tallgrass prairie

SOIL

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 199-210

  Shaw, E Ashley ^a   Denef, Karolien ^a   De Tomasel, Cecilia Milano ^a   Cotrufo, M Francesca ^a   Wall, Diana H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FIRE; FOOD WEB; GRASS; LITTER; NEMATODE; PRAIRIE; ROOT;

KANSAS; KONZA PRAIRIE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85012131473     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-2-199-2016     Document Type: Article

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