Litter fall and litter decomposition in Pinus sylvestris forests of the eastern Pyrenees

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 643-650

  Pausas, Juli G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest production; Litter production; Mass loss; Needle fall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER FALL; PINE FOREST; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE;

EUROPE; PYRENEES;

PINACEAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031458919     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237368     Document Type: Article

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