Soil fauna and plant litter decomposition in tropical and subalpine forests

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 955-964

  Gonzalez G ^a   Seastedt, T R ^a  

^a Center for Forest Mycology Research USDA Forest Service   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cecropia scheberiana; Dry tropics; Invertebrates; Litter decomposition; Naphthalene; Quercus gambelii; Soil fauna; Subalpine; Wet tropics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LATITUDE; LITTER; SOIL FAUNA;

CECROPIA; CECROPIA SCHEBERIANA; INVERTEBRATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS GAMBELII;

EID: 0035055478     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0955:SFAPLD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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