Searching for an indicator of N evolution during organic matter decomposition based on amino acids behaviour: A study on litter layers of pine forests

Plant and Soil

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 149-166

  Rovira, Pere ^a,b   Kurz Besson, Cathy ^c,e   Hernàndez, Pilar ^b   Coûteaux, Marie Madeleine ^c   Vallejo, V Ramón ^b,d  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Forest soils; Litter decomposition; N cycle; Signature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMINO ACID; BIOINDICATOR; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVORA [PORTUGAL]; JADRAAS; LA GILEPPE; LIEGE [BELGIUM]; MONTEMOR O NOVO; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

PINUS PINASTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 43349101472     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9592-6     Document Type: Article

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