Litter decomposition and faunal activity in Mediterranean forest soils: Effects of N content and the moss layer

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 989-997

  Garcia Pausas, Jordi ^a,b   Casals, Pere ^a   Romanyà, Joan ^c  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Fund Ctro Estud Ambient M   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Faecal pellets; Litter decomposition; Litter N content; Mediterranean forests; Moss layer; Nitrogen dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; MOISTURE;

LITTER; MOSS LAYER; PELLET DECOMPOSITION;

SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; LEAF LITTER; MOSS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BRYOPHYTA; ILEX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 2442484717     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.02.016     Document Type: Article

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