Chemical composition and carbon mineralisation potential of Scots pine needles at different stages of decomposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 583-595

  Couteaux M M ^a   McTiernan, K B ^a,d   Berg, B ^b   Szuberla, D ^a   Dardenne, P ^c   Bottner, P ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Station de Haute Belgique   (Belgium)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; FRANCE; HUMUS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGNIN; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PINE;

CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; MINERALISATION; PINE NEEDLE;

FRANCE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0032565050     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00169-7     Document Type: Article

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