Patterns of litterfall and return of nutrients across anthropogenic disturbance gradients in three subalpine forests of west Himalaya, India

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Gairola, Sanjay ^a   Rawal, Ranbeer S ^b   Dhar, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Himalaya; Litterfall; Nutrient return; Subalpine forest

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BROADLEAF FORESTS; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST TYPES; HIMALAYA; LITTERFALL; MIXED FORESTS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SUBALPINE FOREST;

NUTRIENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

CONCENTRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; FORESTS; NUTRIENTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ABIES; ABIES PINDROW; ACER; BETULA UTILIS;

EID: 63049100746     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-008-0104-6     Document Type: Article

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