Leaf litter nitrogen concentration as related to climatic factors in Eurasian forests

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 438-444

  Liu, Chunjiang ^a,c   Berg, Björn ^b,d,e   Kutsch, Werner ^c,f   Westman, Carl J ^d   Ilvesniemi, Hannu ^d   Shen, Xiaohui ^a   Shen, Guangrong ^a   Chen, Xiaobin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broadleaf; Climate; Conifers; Deciduous; Evergreen; Leaf litter; Nitrogen; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL WARMING; LEAF; NITROGEN; TREE;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33748176394     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00251.x     Document Type: Review

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