Impact of faunal complexity on nutrient supply in field mesocosms from a spruce forest soil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-52

  Zechmeister Boltenstern, Sophie ^a   Baumgarten, Andreas ^b   Bruckner, Alexander ^c   Kampichler, Christian ^d   Kandeler, Ellen ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^b Department of Soil Chemistry   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exchangeable cations; Mesocosm; Mineralization; Nutrient leaching; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; SOIL FAUNA; SPRUCE FOREST;

PICEA;

EID: 0031884989     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004223332147     Document Type: Article

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