Long term effects of thinning on soil and forest floor in a sessile oak (Quercus petrea (Matlusch) Lieb.) forest in Turkey

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-263

  Makineci, Ender ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Organic matter; Sessile oak; Soil carbon; Thinning; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

FOREST FLOOR; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; THINNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CANOPY THINNING; FERMENTATION; FOREST SOIL; HUMUS; MASS; OAK; PH; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEIGHT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

PETREA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 16344382572     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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