Fine litter input to terrestrial humus forms in Colombian Amazonia

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 138-150

  Lips, Johanna M ^a   Duivenvoorden, Joost F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fine roots; Forest floor; Nutrient cycling; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; HUMUS; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFOREST; TROPICS;

COLOMBIA, AMAZONIA, CAQUETA RIVER;

EID: 0029660832     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333225     Document Type: Article

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