Nutrient cycling in deciduous forest ecosystems of the Sierra de Gata mountains: Nutrient supplies to the soil through both litter and throughfall

Annales des Sciences Forestieres

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 771-784

  Gallardo, Juan F ^a   Martín, Alejandro ^b   Moreno, Gerardo ^a   Santa Regina, Ignacio ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioelement return; Broadleaf forest ecosystems; Forest litter; Nutrient cycling; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; COPPER; FOREST; IRON; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOIL; SPAIN; ZINC;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; THROUGHFALL;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE GATA; SPAIN;

CASTANEA SATIVA; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 0032508757     PISSN: 00034312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:19980702     Document Type: Article

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