Plant litter decomposition and microbial characteristics in volcanic soils (Mt Etna, Sicily) at different stages of development

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 461-469

  Hopkins, D W ^a,b   Badalucco, L ^c   English, L C ^a   Meli, S M ^d   Chudek, J A ^e   Ioppolo, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon; Castanea sativa; Decomposition; Genista aetnensis; Litter quality; Pinus nigra; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT RESIDUE; RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VOLCANIC SOIL;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CASTANEA; CASTANEA SATIVA; GENISTA; GENISTA AETNENSIS; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 33846954760     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0124-3     Document Type: Article

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