Humification processes of needle litters on forest floors in Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) and Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) plantations in Japan

Plant and Soil

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-181

  Ono, Kenji ^a   Hiradate, Syuntaro ^b   Morita, Sayaka ^b   Ohse, Kenji ^b   Hirai, Keizo ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon compositions of humified litter; Coniferous plantations; Early humification processes; Litterbag experiment; Solid state 13C cross polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (CPMAS NMR)

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST FLOOR; HUMIFICATION; LEAF LITTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOIL CARBON; TOPSOIL; TREE PLANTING;

JAPAN;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 78650307031     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0397-z     Document Type: Article

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