Spatio-temporal litterfall dynamics in a 60-year-old mixed deciduous forest

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-98

  Staelens, Jeroen ^a   Nachtergale, Lieven ^b   De Schrijver, An ^a   Vanhellemont, Margot ^a   Wuyts, Karen ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Community   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Betula; Litterfall; Nutrient cycling; Quercus

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HUMUS; LITTERFALL; MIXED FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SODIUM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 79961029854     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0010-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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