Decomposition dynamics of litters of various pine species in a Corsican pine forest

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 721-727

  Fioretto, A ^a   Musacchio, A ^b   Andolfi, G ^c   Virzo De Santo, A ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST; FRANCE; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOISTURE; PATHOGENESIS;

DECOMPOSITION DYNAMICS; FUNGAL BIOMASS; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PINE; SOIL MOISTURE;

ITALY, APENNINES;

PINUS LARICIO; PINUS PINEA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031837820     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00182-X     Document Type: Article

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