Leaf litter decomposition of dominant tree species of Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-34

  Barbhuiya, Atiqur Rahman ^a,b   Arunachalam, Ayyanadar ^a   Chandra Nath, Prabhat ^a   Latif Khan, Mohammed ^a   Arunachalam, Kusum ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Decay rate; Lignin; Litter decomposition; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Tropical wet evergreen forest

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYNOMIALS;

DECAY RATE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; TROPICAL WET EVERGREEN FOREST;

FORESTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

DECAY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS GRANDIS; ALTINGIA EXCELSA; CASTANOPSIS INDICA; DUABANGA; DYSOXYLUM; MESUA FERREA; SHOREA ASSAMICA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA MYRIOCARPA; VATICA;

EID: 38349107903     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-007-0044-6     Document Type: Article

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