Early stage of single and mixed leaf-litter decomposition in semiarid forest pine-oak: The role of rainfall and microsite

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 245-258

  Pérez Suárez, Marlín ^a,b   Arredondo Moreno, J Tulio ^a   Huber Sannwald, Elisabeth ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C:N; Early stage decomposition; Lignin:N; Litter mixtures; Mass loss; Pinus cembroides; Quercus potosina; Semiarid forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; INHIBITOR; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN; MIXED FOREST; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOLUBILIZATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

PINUS CEMBROIDES; QUERCUS;

EID: 84857625015     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9594-y     Document Type: Article

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