Changes in chemical composition of Pinus sylvestris needle litter during decomposition along a European coniferous forest climatic transect

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 801-812

  McTiernan, Kevin B ^a   Coûteaux, Marie Madeleine ^a   Berg, Björn ^b   Berg, Matty P ^c   De Anta, Rosa Calvo ^d   Gallardo, Antonio ^e   Kratz, Werner ^f   Piussi, Pietro ^g   Remacle, Jean ^h   De Santo, Amalia Virzo ⁱ  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^f Dept of Ecol/Environ Chemistry   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ash; Cellulose; Climatic transect; Coniferous forest; Decomposition; Hemicelluloses; Lignin; Litter; N; NIRS; Non structural compounds; Van Soest

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITION; CORRELATION METHODS; DECOMPOSITION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGNIN;

DRY CLIMATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN; NITROGEN;

EUROPE;

FRAXINUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0038685659     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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