Rapid soil organic matter loss from forest dieback in a subalpine coniferous ecosystem

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2450-2456

  Xiong, Yanmei ^a,b   D'Atri, Justin J ^a   Fu, Shenglei ^b   Xia, Hanping ^b   Seastedt, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Mountain pine beetle (MPB); Rhizosphere effect; Soil food web; Soil invertebrates; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE (MPB); RHIZOSPHERE EFFECTS; SOIL FOOD WEB; SOIL INVERTEBRATES; TREE MORTALITY;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; USER INTERFACES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACCUMULATION; BEETLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIEBACK; FOOD WEB; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MINERAL; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; FUNGI; ORGANIC MATTER; SOFTWOODS; SOIL; WORMS;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 80053355278     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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