Litter of multipurpose trees in Kerala, India: Variations in the amount, quality, decay rates and release of nutrients

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Jamaludheen, V ^a   Kumar, B Mohan ^a  

^a KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Decay rate coefficient; Lignin N ratio; Woodlots

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT;

INDIA;

ACACIA; AILANTHUS; CASUARINA; PTEROCARPUS;

EID: 0344141218     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00439-3     Document Type: Article

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