Nutrient release dynamics in decomposing leaf litter in two Mediterranean deciduous oak species

Annales des Sciences Forestieres

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 747-760

  Santa Regina, I ^a   Rapp, M ^b   Martin, A ^a   Gallardo, J F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Litter bags; Litter decomposition; Nutrient release; Oak coppice; Q lanuginosa; Quercus pyrenaica

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITON; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT RELEASE;

FRANCE; SPAIN;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS LANUGINOSA; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 0031449887     PISSN: 00034312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:19970805     Document Type: Article

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