Biomass, nutrient content, litterfall and nutrient return to the soil in Mediterranean oak forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 39-49

  Rapp, Maurice ^a   Santa Regina, Ignacio ^b   Rico, Mercedes ^b   Gallego, Humberto Antonio ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest biomass; Forest ecosystems; Litterfall; Q. ilex; Q. lanuginosa; Q. pyrenaica

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033612515     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00508-8     Document Type: Article

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