Soil microbial communities following bush removal in a Namibian savanna

Savanna ecosystems are subject to desertification and bush encroachment, which reduce the carrying capacity for wildlife and livestock. Bush thinning is a management approach that can, at least temporarily, restore grasslands and raise the grazing value of the land. In this study we examined the soi...

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Published in:	Soil Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 101 - 110
Main Authors:	Buyer, Jeffrey S., Schmidt-Küntzel, Anne, Nghikembua, Matti, Maul, Jude E., Marker, Laurie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Göttingen Copernicus GmbH 01.01.2016 Copernicus Publications
Subjects:	Archaea Bacteria Biomass carbon Carrying capacity Chromatography chronosequences Community structure Deoxyribonucleic acid Desertification DNA Ecosystems Encroachment Fatty acids Fungi Gram-positive bacteria Grasses Grasslands grazing Livestock Microbial activity microbial biomass microbial communities Microorganisms Namibia nitrogen Perturbation pH effects phospholipid fatty acids Phospholipids Polymorphism Restriction fragment length polymorphism Ribosomal DNA savanna soils Savannahs savannas shrubs Soil Soil analysis soil bacteria soil fungi soil pH Soils Thinning Vegetation Vegetation type Wildlife Namibia United States > US
ISSN:	2199-398X, 2199-3971, 2199-398X, 2199-3971
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