Assessing interactive responses in litter decomposition in mixed species litter

Plant and Soil

Volumn 314, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 263-271

  Hui, Dafeng ^a,b   Jackson, Robert B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; Mixed species; Non additive effects

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MODELING;

EID: 57849111296     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9726-x     Document Type: Article

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