Decomposition and macroinvertebrates in experimental litter along a secondary chronosequence of tropical montane forest

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 853-861

  Negrete Yankelevich, Simoneta ^a   Fragoso, Carlos ^a   Newton, Adrian C ^b   Russell, Graham ^c   Heal, O William ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cloud forest; Macrofauna; Nutrient mineralisation; Recalcitrant fibre

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MINERALIZATION; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

DIPLOPODA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PINUS CHIAPENSIS;

EID: 46249101443     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-008-0270-x     Document Type: Article

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