Microbial activities during the early stage of laboratory decomposition of tropical leaf litters: The effect of interactions between litter quality and exogenous inorganic nitrogen

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-111

  Sall, Saïdou Nourou ^a   Masse, Dominique ^b   Bernhard Reversat, France ^c   Guisse, Aliou ^d   Chotte, Jean Luc ^a  

^a Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

^b Institut de recherche pour le developpement Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Inorganic nitrogen; Litter quality; Microbial activities; Tropical soil

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; TROPICAL SOIL;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GAYANUS; CASUARINA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA;

EID: 0346333358     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-003-0679-1     Document Type: Article

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