Soil microbial community assembly precedes vegetation development after drastic techniques to mitigate effects of nitrogen deposition
(2016)
Journal Article
van der Bij, A., Pawlett, M., Harris, J., Ritz, K., & van Diggelen, R. (2017). Soil microbial community assembly precedes vegetation development after drastic techniques to mitigate effects of nitrogen deposition. Biological Conservation, 212(B), 476-483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.008
Oligotrophic semi-natural systems are threatened by high levels of nitrogen deposition. To mitigate these effects, drastic techniques such as sod-cutting and topsoil removal are applied to reduce nitrogen loads in existing systems and expand their ar... Read More about Soil microbial community assembly precedes vegetation development after drastic techniques to mitigate effects of nitrogen deposition.