Response of major soil decomposers to landslide disturbance in a Puerto Rican rainforest

Soil Science

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 202-211

  Li, Yiqing ^a   Ruan, Honghua ^b   Zou, Xiaoming ^c,d   Myster, Randall W ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial biomass; Earthworms; Fungal biomass; Soil organic carbon; Tropical forests; Tropical landslides

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; LANDSLIDE; RAINFOREST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

AMYNTHAS RODERICENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FUNGI; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

EID: 15244351800     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200503000-00006     Document Type: Article

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