Impact of a pine lappet (Dendrolimus pini) mass outbreak on C and N fluxes to the forest floor and soil microbial properties in a Scots pine forest in Germany

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1829-1841

  Le Mellec, Anne ^a   Michalzik, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DISSOLUTION; FLOORS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; SOILS;

BULK DEPOSITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; FOREST FLOORS; GERMANY; HERBIVORY; INSECT INFESTATIONS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SCOTS PINE FOREST; SCOTS PINES; SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; THROUGHFALL;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST FLOOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOTH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEST OUTBREAK; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

DISSOLVING; FIBER DEBRIS; FLOORS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; SOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

DENDROLIMUS PINI; HEXAPODA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 47649107983     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-045     Document Type: Article

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