Litterfall and nutrient dynamics in a montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forest in Ailao Mountains, SW China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-170

  Liu, Wenyao ^a,b   Fox, John E D ^b   Xu, Zaifu ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Litter production; Nutrient return; Old growth forest; Subtropics; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN FOREST; LITTERFALL; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

CHINA;

BIA; CASTANOPSIS; LITHOCARPUS;

EID: 0037289059     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021201012950     Document Type: Article

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