Effects of exotic and native tree leaf litter on soil properties of two contrasting sites in the Iberian Peninsula

Plant and Soil

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 179-191

  Castro Díez, Pilar ^a   Fierro Brunnenmeister, Natalia ^a   González Muñoz, Noelia ^a   Gallardo, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Litter decomposition; N cycle; Soil N content; Soil organic matter; Soil pH

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACTIVITY; COEXISTENCE; HOMOGENEITY; INHIBITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN FIXATION; PH; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL; TREE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; PINUS PINASTER; QUERCUS ROBUR; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; ULMUS; ULMUS MINOR; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 83555176429     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0893-9     Document Type: Article

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