Initial litter respiration as indicator for long-term leaf litter decomposition of Carex species

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 353-361

  Aerts, Rien ^a   De Caluwe, Hannie ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION RATE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER RESPIRATION;

CAREX; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 0030863799     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546603     Document Type: Article

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