Seasonal differences in green leaf breakdown and nutrient content of deciduous and evergreen tree species and grass in a granitic headwater stream

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 464, Issue , 2001, Pages 51-61

  López, Eva S ^a   Pardo, Isabel ^a   Felpeto, Nuria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deciduous species; Evergreen species; Leaf litter; Nutrient dynamics; Seasonal processing

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); NEEDLES; NITROGEN; PROCESSING; STREAM FLOW;

EVERGREEN TREE SPECIES;

NUTRITION;

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

SPAIN;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULACEAE; CASTANEA; CASTANEA SATIVA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PINUS RADIATA; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS X CANADENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; RIPARIA;

EID: 0035892002     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013903500888     Document Type: Article

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