Soil warming: Consequences for foliar litter decay in a spruce-fir forest in Maine, USA

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1072-1080

  Rustad, Lindsey E ^a   Fernandez, Ivan J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECAY (ORGANIC); GLOBAL WARMING;

SOIL WARMING;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACER RUBRUM; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0032124536     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200040031x     Document Type: Article

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