Influence of soil type on mass loss and nutrient release from decomposing foliage litter of beech and Norway spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-105

  Vesterdal, Lars ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; NUTRIENT; SOIL FERTILITY;

ABIES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0032924252     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-182     Document Type: Article

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