Processes of litter fall and decomposition: Boreal-temperate transect studies of pine ecosystems

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-543

  Breymeyer, Alicja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Effects of climate warming; Litter production decomposition; OM accumulation; Pine ecosystem functioning

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LITTERFALL; TRANSECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0348019115     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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