Litterfall and nutrient return in five tree species in a common garden experiment

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2133-2144

  Hansen, Karin ^a   Vesterdal, Lars ^a   Schmidt, Inger Kappel ^a   Gundersen, Per ^a   Sevel, Lisbeth ^a   Bastrup Birk, Annemarie ^a   Pedersen, Lars Bo ^a   Bille Hansen, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Common garden experiment; Fractions of litter; Litterfall amounts; Litterfall nutrient fluxes; Tree species

Indexed keywords

COMMON GARDEN EXPERIMENT; FRACTIONS OF LITTER; LITTERFALL AMOUNTS; LITTERFALL NUTRIENT FLUXES; TREE SPECIES;

CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOORS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS;

FORESTRY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GARDEN; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST LITTER; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 63749096007     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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