Hazel improves soil quality of sloping oak stands in a German low mountain range

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-30

  Mohr, Dirk ^a   Topp, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Hazel; Lumbricidae; Oak; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EIFEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; WORLD;

CORYLUS; CORYLUS AMERICANA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; LUMBRICIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 15944420548     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2004090     Document Type: Article

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