Litter decomposition in primary forest and adjacent fire-disturbed forests in the Gran Sabana, southern Venezuela

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 815-821

  Chacón, Noemi ^a   Dezzeo, Nelda ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Fire disturbance; Litter decomposition; Tropical forests; Weight and nutrient loss

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST SOIL; IMMOBILIZATION; LITTER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOSS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; GRAN SABANA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 34447117697     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-007-0180-3     Document Type: Article

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