Humus structure during a spruce forest rotation: Quantitative changes and relationship to soil biota

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-631

  Chauvat, M ^a   Ponge, J F ^b   Wolters, V ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; AGE CLASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HUMUS; LEAF LITTER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REFUGE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAXONY; THARANDTER FOREST;

COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI; PICEA;

EID: 34248368859     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2006.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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