Plant litter decomposition influenced by soil animals and disturbance in a subtropical rainforest of Taiwan

Pedobiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 539-547

  Hou, Ping Chun L ^a   Zou, Xiaoming ^a,b   Huang, Ching Yu ^a   Chien, Hao Jian ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Diversity; Invertebrates; Landslide; Nanjenshan; Naphthalene; Soil animals

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LANDSLIDE; LITTER; SOIL FAUNA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 27744499310     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2005.07.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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