Decomposition of leaf litter of four tree species in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, Okinawa Island, Japan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Alhamd, Laode ^a   Arakaki, Syoko ^a   Hagihara, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decomposition rate constant; Leaf litter decomposition; Litterbag; Micro fauna; Subtropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY;

DECOMPOSITION RATES; LEAF LITTERS;

FORESTRY;

DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAF LITTER; SOIL FAUNA; TREE;

CARBON; DECAY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

CASTANOPSIS; CASTANOPSIS CUSPIDATA VAR. SIEBOLDII; COLLEMBOLA; DAPHNIPHYLLUM; ELAEOCARPUS; SCHIMA WALLICHII;

EID: 6344289052     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.062     Document Type: Article

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