Litter N retention over winter for a low and a high phenolic species in the alpine tundra

Plant and Soil

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 361-370

  Steltzer, Heidi ^a   Bowman, William D ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine tundra; Litter decomposition; Nitrogen immobilization; Nitrogen retention; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; IMMOBILIZATION; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; TUNDRA;

ACOMASTYLIS ROSSII; DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA;

EID: 27944506011     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-3100-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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