Effects of light, temperature, water and meatworks effluent irrigation on eucalypt leaf litter decomposition under controlled environmental conditions

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-237

  Guo, L B ^a,b   Sims, R E H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Instantaneous decay constant (k); Irrigation rate; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034952456     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(01)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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