Changes in ectomycorrhizal communities and nutrient availability following prescribed burns in two upland pink-oak forests in the New Jersey pine barrens

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1755-1765

  Tuininga, Amy R ^a,b   Dighton, John ^a  

^a Rutgers Pinelands Field Station   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM;

ECTOMYCORRHIZAL COMMUNITIES; FUEL LOADS; PLANT ROOTS; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PINUS VIRGINIANA; QUERCUS;

EID: 8644244850     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-037     Document Type: Article

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