Anthropogenic disturbance of natural forest vegetation on calcareous soils alters soil organic matter composition and natural abundance of 13C and 15N in density fractions

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1143-1153

  Llorente, Mireia ^a   Glaser, Bruno ^b   Turrión, María Belén ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Density fractions; Land use change

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CALCAREOUS SOIL; CARBON ISOTOPE; DENSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN;

ILEX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 77958450804     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0402-3     Document Type: Article

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