Sewage sludge effects on mesofauna and cork oak (Quercus suber L.) leaves decomposition in a Mediterranean forest firebreak

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2283-2292

  Pernin, Céline ^a   Cortet, Jérôme ^b   Joffre, Richard ^c   Le Petit, Jean ^a   Torre, Franck ^a  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECOMPOSITION; FIRES; FORESTRY; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZED PLOTS; LEAVES DECOMPOSITION; LITTERBAGS; MESOFAUNA;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

NITROGEN;

ACARIDAE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COLLEMBOLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FAUNA; FOREST; FRANCE; INSECT; MESOFAUNA; NONHUMAN; OAK; PASTURE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT LITTER; SLUDGE; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SPRING; SUMMER;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FIRES; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; FOREST FIRES; FOREST LITTER; NITROGEN; QUERCUS SUBER; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA; ORIBATIDA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 33845324469     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0441     Document Type: Article

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