Quantitative study and modelling of the litter decomposition in a European alluvial forest. Is there an influence of overstorey tree species on the decomposition of ivy litter (Hedera helix L.)?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 491-500

  Badre, Bouchra ^a   Nobelis, Photis ^a   Trémolières, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Ivy litter; Ligneous species; Modelling; Nutrients release

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MODELING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0032439683     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)80003-4     Document Type: Article

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