A general model of litter decomposition in the northern Chihuahuan Desert

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 56, Issue C, 1991, Pages 197-219

  Moorhead, Daryl L ^a   Reynolds, James F ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DYNAMICS; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TERMITE;

USA, NEW MEXICO, CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

EID: 0026314151     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(91)90200-K     Document Type: Article

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