Wetland plant decomposition under different nutrient conditions: What is more important, litter quality or site quality?

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-262

  Rejmánková, Eliška ^a   Houdková, Kateřina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Eleocharis cellulosa; Litter bags; Nitrogen; Northern Belize; Phosphorus; PLFA

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MACROPHYTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT; RESORPTION; WETLAND;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS CELLULOSA;

EID: 33749264231     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9021-y     Document Type: Article

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