Effect of forest fire on soil microbial biomass and enzymatic activity in oak and pine forests of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

Abstract Background Forest fire incidences in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India are very common in summers. Pine and oak are the principal and dominant species of Himalayan subtropical forest and Himalayan temperate forest, respectively. Forest vegetation influences the physicochemical and...

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Main Authors: Devanshi Singh, Priyanka Sharma, Ujjwal Kumar, Achlesh Daverey, Kusum Arunachalam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
Series:Ecological Processes
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-021-00293-6