Decomposition of leaf litter in tropical and subtropical forests of Southern China

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 543-556

  Liu, Q ^a   Peng, S L ^a   Bi, H ^b   Zang, H Y ^b   Li, Z A ^a   Ma, W H ^b   Li, N Y ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b HAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Global warming; Litter decomposition; Multi species leaf litter; Subtropical monsoon evergreen broad leaved forest; Tropical evergreen forest

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; RAIN;

LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MULTI-SPECIES LEAF LITTER; SUBTROPICAL MONSOON EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; TROPICAL EVERGREEN FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; RAIN;

EID: 33646338643     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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