Phenolic metabolites of ecological significance in Empetrum hermaphroditum leaves and associated humus

Plant and Soil

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Gallet, C ^a   Nilsson, M C ^b   Zackrisson, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Batatasin III; Boreal forest; Condensed tannins; Empetrum hermaphroditum Hagerup; Humus composition; Phenolic acids

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HUMUS; LEAF; METABOLITE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

SWEDEN;

EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 0032872511     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004699402687     Document Type: Article

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