Decomposition and nutrient release from radiata pine (Pinus radiata) coarse woody debris

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 187, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 197-211

  Ganjegunte, Girisha K ^a,d   Condron, Leo M ^a   Clinton, Peter W ^b   Davis, Murray R ^b   Mahieu, Nathalie ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Bark; Coarse woody debris; Decomposition; Lignin; Litter quality; Nutrients; Thinning slash; Wood; Wood density

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECOMPOSITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; WOOD;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD); PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; THINNING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0347950028     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00332-3     Document Type: Article

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