Characteristics of microbial habitats in a tropical soil subject to different fallow management

• Published in: Applied soil ecology : a section of Agriculture, ecosystems & environment Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 51 - 61
• Main Authors: Badiane Ndour, Ndeye Yacine, Achouak, Wafa, Christen, Richard, Heulin, Thierry, Brauman, Alain, Chotte, Jean-Luc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: agricultural soils; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; enzyme activity; fallow; Fallows; fractionation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genes; microbial detection; Microhabitats; molecular cloning; phylogeny; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; rrs sequences; Senegal; sequence analysis; soil bacteria; soil ecology; Soil science; Telluria; tropical soils; Tropics; Senegal; West Africa; Africa; rrs sequences; Telluria; Microhabitats; Tropics; Fallows; Microhabitat; Tropical zone; Ecology; Tropical soil; Habitat; Soil science; Microorganism; Fallow

Changes in land use affect soil properties. In most West-African farming systems forest-fallow management intended to restore soil fertility no longer functions efficiently because the duration of the fallow periods has been shortened and the fallow areas have been reduced. Alternative practices mus...