Effects of plant litter species composition and diversity on the boreal forest plant-soil system

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-26

  Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a   Wardle, David A ^b   Dahlberg, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LITTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SWEDEN;

BETULA PENDULA; BRYOPHYTA; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; MYCORRHIZAE; PENDULA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 0032994199     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546566     Document Type: Article

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