Microbial Community and Enzyme Activity of Forest Plantation, Natural Forests, and Agricultural Land in Chilean Coastal Cordillera Soils

Despite the global expansion of forest plantations in Chile, their effect on biology properties of soil has still been only scarcely studied. Land use change in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera (36° to 40° S) is mainly attributed to the conversion of native forest to agriculture and forest plantations...

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Main Authors: Yessica Rivas, Humberto Aponte, Diego Rivera-Salazar, Francisco Matus, Oscar Martínez, Carolina Encina, Jorge Retamal-Salgado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/5/938