Global patterns in root decomposition: Comparisons of climate and litter quality effects

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 407-419

  Silver, Whendee L ^a   Miya, Ryan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actual evapotranspiration; Calcium; Carbon:nitrogen ratio; Q10; Root decay

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; ROOT SYSTEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0035174917     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100740     Document Type: Article

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