Wood ant nests as potential hot spots for carbon and nitrogen mineralisation

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-240

  Lenoir, Lisette ^a   Persson, Tryggve ^a   Bengtsson, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ants; Carbon mineralisation; Formica; Nitrogen mineralisation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; COMPOST; FOREST SOIL; IMMOBILIZATION; LEAF LITTER; MINERAL METABOLISM; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SWEDEN;

ANT; CARBON; FOREST FLOOR; MINERALIZATION; NEST SITE; NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0034775763     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740100405     Document Type: Article

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