Influence of soil fauna and habitat patchiness on plant (Betula pendula) growth and carbon dynamics in a microcosm experiment

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 133-138

  Sulkava, Pekka ^a   Huhta, Veikko ^a   Laakso, Jouni ^a   Gylén, Eeva Riitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Ecosystem; Food web; Forest floor; Mineralisation; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RATE; PATCHINESS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FAUNA;

BETULA PENDULA; BRYOPHYTA; PENDULA;

EID: 0034799437     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100701     Document Type: Article

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