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dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Colin D
dc.contributor.authorCameron, Clare M
dc.contributor.authorBastias, Brigitte A
dc.contributor.authorChen, Chengrong
dc.contributor.authorCairney, John WG
dc.contributor.editorD C Coleman (Editor-in-Chief), R G Burns (Editor-in-Chief), R G Joergensen (Editor-in-Chief)
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-11T05:08:55Z
dc.date.available2019-04-11T05:08:55Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2011-11-21T06:44:10Z
dc.identifier.issn0038-0717
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.04.020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/23552
dc.description.abstractSoils from a long term experiment, established in 1972, incorporating replicated treatments of burning every 2 and 4 years with control plots were sampled in 2005 to determine the changes in microbial community structure, measured using phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) and functional diversity measured using multiple substrate induced respiration (SIR) tests (MicroResp™). Microbial biomass (total PLFA) in the 2 year burn treatments was 50% less than both the control and 4-year burn treatments. There was also concomitantly less respiratory activity which mirrored the known changes in soil C and substrate quality. Contrary to other studies soil bacterial PLFAs were reduced as much as fungal PLFAs in the 2-year burn and the short term (6 h) SIR of arginine, lysine, galactose and trehalose were significantly inhibited in the 2-year burn soils. The data suggest that a 4-year burn is a more sustainable practice for maintaining the original structure and function of the forest belowground ecosystem.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier - Pergamon
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2246
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2252
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSoil Biology & Biochemistry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAgricultural, veterinary and food sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchForestry fire management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode41
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode30
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode300706
dc.titleLong term repeated burning in a wet sclerophyll forest reduces fungal and bacterial biomass and responses to carbon substrates
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorChen, Chengrong


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