Factors influencing limit values for pine needle litter decomposition: A synthesis for boreal and temperate pine forest systems

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-73

  Berg, B ^a,b   Davey, M P ^c   de Marco, A ^a   Emmett, B ^d   Faituri, M ^e   Hobbie, S E ^f   Johansson, M B ^g   Liu, C ^h   McClaugherty, C ⁱ   Norell, L ^j   Rutigliano, F A ^k   Vesterdal, L ^l   Virzo De Santo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^h SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION   (United States)

^j SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^k SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Calcium; Limit values; Litter decomposition; Manganese; Maximum decomposition; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; BIOACCUMULATION; BOREAL FOREST; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGNIN; LIMITING FACTOR; LINEARITY; LITTER; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; LEAF LITTER; TEMPERATE FOREST;

PINUS CEMBROIDES; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77956293140     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9404-y     Document Type: Article

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