Response of dissolved organic matter in the forest floor to long-term manipulation of litter and throughfall inputs

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-318

  Kalbitz, Karsten ^a   Meyer, Armin ^a,b   Yang, Rong ^c   Gerstberger, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Field experiment; Forest soil; Hexoses; Lignin; Litter; Pentoses; Phenols

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; THROUGHFALL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 35948961850     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9161-8     Document Type: Article

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