Effects of root and litter exclusion on soil CO 2 efflux and microbial biomass in wet tropical forests

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2111-2114

  Li, Yiqing ^a   Xu, Ming ^a   Sun, Osbert J ^b   Cui, Wangcheng ^c  

^a State Univ New J   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Litter removal; Microbial biomass; Plantation; Secondary forest; Soil CO 2 efflux; Trenching

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SECONDARY FORESTS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; ROOTS; SOIL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

PINUS CARIBAEA; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 5644239866     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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