Do late-successional tannin-rich plant communities occurring on highly acidic soils increase the DON/DIN ratio?

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 903-907

  Joanisse, Gilles D ^a   Bradley, Robert L ^a   Preston, Caroline M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Available carbon; Condensed tannins; DON DIN ratio; Kalmia angustifolia; Litter decomposition

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ACIDIFICATION; CARBON CYCLE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FLOOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMOBILIZATION; LEAF LITTER; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTEIN; SAMPLING; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUCCESSION; TANNIN;

KALMIA; KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 46249116464     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-008-0297-z     Document Type: Article

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