2. Examine soil chemical (soil organic matter content, pH, plant-available phosphorus, net

 nitrogen mineralization) and microbiological (microbial biomass carbon, fungal biomass

 carbon) properties along the same chronosequence.


3. Examine the interrelationships between the structural (vegetative) and functional (soil

 biogeochemical) attributes.


4. Determine if the observed structural and functional attributes could be used to evaluate

restoration proj ects.