Annual and Monthly Variations in Litter Macronutrients of Three Subalpine Forests in Western China1 1 Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30471378, 90202010 and 30211130504), the Applied and Basic Research Program of Sichuan Province, and the Talent-Recruiting Program of Sichuan Agricultural University.

Pedosphere

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 788-798

  YANG, Wan Qin ^a,b   WANG, Kai Yun ^b,c   KELLOMAKI S ^c   ZHANG, Jian ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

litterfall; macronutrient return; monthly variation; nutrient concentration; subalpine forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; LEAF LITTER; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RANKING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ABIES; ABIES FAXONIANA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; BRYOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA PURPUREA;

EID: 33751518766     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(06)60115-X     Document Type: Article

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