Leaf litter manipulations alter soil physicochemical properties and tree growth in a Neotropical savanna

Plant and Soil

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 385-397

  Villalobos Vega, Randol ^a   Goldstein, Guillermo ^a,b   Haridasan, Mundayatan ^c   Franco, Augusto C ^c   Miralles Wilhelm, Fernando ^e   Scholz, Fabian G ^d   Bucci, Sandra J ^d  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^e The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition rates; Nutrient cycling; Soil fertility; Soil respiration; Tree growth; Tropical savannas

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CERRADO; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LEAF LITTER; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; ROOT SYSTEM; SAVANNA; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STEM;

BRAZIL;

SCLEROLOBIUM PANICULATUM;

EID: 80051679047     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0860-5     Document Type: Article

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