Effects of ecological restoration on soil microbial diversity in a temperate grassy woodland

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 117-118, Issue , 2017, Pages 117-128

  Hamonts, Kelly ^a,b   Bissett, Andrew ^a   Macdonald, Ben C T ^a   Barton, Philip S ^c   Manning, Adrian D ^c   Young, Andrew ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Box gum woodland; Coarse woody debris; Fungi; Microhabitat element; Reduced grazing pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019952550     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.04.005     Document Type: Article

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