Contribution of microarthropods to the decomposition of needle litter in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 192-198

  Joo, Seung Jin ^a   Yim, Myeong Hui ^a   Nakane, Kaneyuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Japanese cedar plantation (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don); Microarthropods; Needle litter decomposition

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; MICROORGANISMS; SOFTWOODS;

C/N RATIO; JAPANESE CEDAR PLANTATION (CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA D. DON); MICROARTHROPODS; NEEDLE LITTER DECOMPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

BIODEGRADATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLANTATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; DECAY; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTATIONS;

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 33748789848     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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