Nutrient cycling in deciduous forest ecosystems of the Sierra de Gata mountains: Aboveground litter production and potential nutrient return

Annales des Sciences Forestieres

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 749-769

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

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Castanea sativa; Forest ecosystems; Litterfall; Nutrient cycling; Quercus pyrenaica

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE GATA; SPAIN;

CASTANEA SATIVA; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 0032508758     PISSN: 00034312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:19980701     Document Type: Article

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