C and N mineralisation in the decomposer food webs of a European forest transect

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 294-308

  Schröter, Dagmar ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^b   De Ruiter, Peter C ^c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; FOREST SOIL; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 19244381026     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2003.12064.x     Document Type: Article

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