Relationships between initial chemical composition of forest leaf litters and their decomposition rates in degraded red soil hilly region of Southern China

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 565-570

  Chen, Fa Lin ^a   Jiang, Bo ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Zheng, Hua ^a   Xiao, Yi ^a   Ouyang, Zhi Yun ^a   Tu, Nai Mei ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Forest litter; Litter decomposition rate; Red soil hilly region of Southern China

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HILL; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN; REACTION RATE; RED SOIL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT LEAF; SEDIMENT; SOIL; TREE;

CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; TREES;

CHINA;

EID: 79954468035     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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