Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Soil Microbial Community Recovery and Ecosystem Change during Grassland Restoration
Tallgrass prairies have some of the deepest and most fertile topsoil on earth. Widespread conversion of these grasslands to agriculture has decreased soil Carbon (C) storage by exacerbating erosion and disrupting aggregates that protect C from decomposition, coupled with lower plant C inputs. Thus...
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OpenSIUC
2009
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| Online Access: | https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/116 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1123&context=theses |