Short-time effects of land-use changes on O-horizon in subalpine grasslands

Plant and Soil

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 101-115

  Gamper, Sonja Maria ^a   Tasser, Erich ^a   Tappeiner, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Decomposition; Functional groups; Litter; O horizon; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASSLAND; IRRIGATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTER; MEADOW; NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; SOIL HORIZON; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER;

BOLZANO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PASSEIER VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

POACEAE;

EID: 34948894895     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9366-6     Document Type: Article

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