Decomposition of chestnut litterfall and eight-year soil chemical changes under a no-tillage management system in Northern Portugal

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 408-408

  Raimundo, Fernando ^a   Martins, Afonso ^a   Madeira, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chestnut stand; Conventional tillage; Decomposition models; Litterbag; Litterfall decomposition; No tillage; Nutrient dynamics; Soil management

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; LITTERFALL; NUT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC CARBON; REPLACEMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL SURFACE; SUSTAINABILITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 44849114274     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2008021     Document Type: Article

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