Can restoration efforts improve soils in degraded grasslands at the Knuckles Conservation Forest, Sri Lanka?

dc.contributor.author	Gunasekra, R.D.A.
dc.contributor.author	Gunaratne, A.M.T.A.
dc.contributor.author	Senevirathne, G.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-04T03:45:47Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-04T03:45:47Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-19
dc.identifier.issn	1391-8796
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/xmlui/handle/iruor/5620
dc.description.abstract	Most of the abandoned tea plantations in the Knuckles Conservation Forest (KCF) were converted into grasslands due to many biotic and abiotic stresses. The conversion of natural forests to grasslands causes drastic changes to the soil biota which result in less biodiverse and low productive soils. In this study, we investigated whether the establishment of native plants islands in the grassland with the presence of G. sepium as a shade plant and also with the application of Biofilmed Biofertilizer (BFBF) affect the fungal: bacterial ratio of degraded lands at KCF.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.subject	Fungal	en_US
dc.subject	bacterial	en_US
dc.subject	Restoration	en_US
dc.subject	Native plants	en_US
dc.title	Can restoration efforts improve soils in degraded grasslands at the Knuckles Conservation Forest, Sri Lanka?	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US