Effects of litter (beech and stinging nettle) and earthworms (Octolasion lacteum) on carbon and nutrient cycling in beech forests on a basalt-limestone gradient: A laboratory experiment

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 384-393

  Scheu, S ^a  

^a Abteilung Okologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO2 production; Decomposition; Fagus sylvatica; Forest; Litter; Lumbricidae; Mineralization; Nitrate leaching; Octol asion lacteum; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

OCTOLASION LACTEUM; EUPHORBIACEAE; FAGACEAE; FAGUS SYLVATICA; MERCURIALIS PERENNIS; OLIGOCHAETA; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

BEECH FOREST; CARBON CYCLING; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; LEAF LITTER; LITTER; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN CYCLING; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

GERMANY, HESSE;

EID: 0030613138     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050262     Document Type: Article

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