Factors regulating litter mass loss and lignin degradation in late decomposition stages

Plant and Soil

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 217-228

  Virzo De Santo, Amalia ^a   De Marco, Anna ^a   Fierro, Angelo ^a   Berg, Björn ^a   Rutigliano, Flora A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Coniferous needle litter; Deciduous leaf litter; Litter Mn; N and Ca concentrations; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; INCUBATION; LIGNIN; LITTER; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EID: 67349282704     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9831-x     Document Type: Article

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