Foliar decomposition in a broadleaf-mixed Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc) plantation forest: The impact of initial litter quality and the decomposition of three kinds of organic matter fraction on mass loss and nutrient release rates

Plant and Soil

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 151-167

  Li, Xuefeng ^a   Han, Shijie ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Korean pine; Litter decomposition; Litter quality; Nutrient release; Organic matter fraction decomposition

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; LEAF LITTER; MINERALIZATION; MIXED FOREST; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

PINUS KORAIENSIS;

EID: 34250630942     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9272-y     Document Type: Article

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