Decomposition of organic matter and nutrient mineralisation in wood ant (Formica rufa group) mounds in boreal coniferous forests of different age

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-545

  Domisch, T ^a,b   Ohashi, M ^c   Finer L ^b   Risch, A C ^d   Sundstrom L ^e   Kilpelainen J ^b   Niemela P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon; Mass loss; Needle litter; Nitrogen; Norway spruce

Indexed keywords

ANT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 38049024099     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-007-0248-0     Document Type: Article

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