Nutrient and litter patterns in three subalpine coniferous forests of Western Sichuan, China

Pedosphere

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 380-389

  Lin, Bo ^a,b   Liu, Qing ^a   Wu, Yan ^a   He, Hai ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Decomposition; Litterfall; Nutrient release; Subalpine coniferous forests

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTERFALL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 33745147926     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(06)60066-0     Document Type: Article

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