Effects of fire frequency on oak litter decomposition and nitrogen dynamics

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 535-543

  Hernández, Daniel L ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^b  

^a HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass loss; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen immobilization; Oak savanna; Quercus ellipsoidalis

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FIRE; IMMOBILIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SAVANNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; PLANT LEAF; SOIL;

ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

QUERCUS ELLIPSOIDALIS;

EID: 55949134871     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1162-3     Document Type: Article

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