Litter as a regulator of N and C dynamics in macrophytic patches in Negev desert soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-46

  Zaady, Eli ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^b   Shachak, Moshe ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DESERT ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL;

ISRAEL, NEGEV DESERT;

EID: 0029666843     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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