Does tree species composition control soil organic carbon pools in Mediterranean mountain forests?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1895-1904

  Díaz Pinés, Eugenio ^a   Rubio, Agustín ^a   Van Miegroet, Helga ^b   Montes, Fernando ^c   Benito, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Mediterranean mountain; Pinus sylvestris; Quercus pyrenaica; Soil organic carbon; Soil organic matter size fractionation

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAIN; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER SIZE-FRACTIONATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLOORS; FORESTRY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLANT EXTRACTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

STABILIZATION;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOTONE; FOREST FLOOR; FRACTIONATION; LITTERFALL; MINERAL; MIXED FOREST; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN; OXIDE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION;

CARBON; EXTRACTIVES; FLOORS; FORESTRY; LAKES; MOUNTAINS; PARTICLES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANTS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; SOIL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 80555135433     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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