Essays about: "Glòria Pallarès Vinyoles"

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  1. 1. Effects of land use on soil microbial community function in western Kenya highlands

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Glòria Pallarès Vinyoles; [2008]
    Keywords : soil microbial community function; land use; agroforestry; Biolog Ecoplates; Kenya;

    Abstract : Land degradation, agricultural intensification and deforestation may result in a loss of soil microbial community function, detrimental to resilience and to sustained productivity. In order to assess the effects of land use on microbial community function in a tropical soil the following hypotheses were considered: (1) functional capacity measured as substrate-utilization potential decreases with intensification of land use and (2) tree planting - i. READ MORE