Influence of body size of soil fauna on litter decomposition and 15N uptake by poplar in a pot trial

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1661-1675

  Setälä, Heikki ^a,b   Marshall, Valin G ^a   Trofymow, J A ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DECOMPOSITION RATE; LITTER BAG; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN-15; POPLAR; SOIL FAUNA;

POPULUS; SALICACEAE;

EID: 0030298964     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00252-0     Document Type: Article

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