Mixed leaf litter effects on decomposition rates and soil microarthropod communities in an oak-pine stand in Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Kaneko, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Salamanca, Eric F ^a,c  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Philippine Nursing Research Society   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Diversity; Habitat heterogeneity; Litter decomposition; Mixed litter; Oribatid mites; Soil microarthropods

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MIXED FOREST; SOIL FAUNA;

JAPAN;

PINUS; QUERCUS; SASA;

EID: 0033152520     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1999.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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