Decomposition of European beech and Black pine foliar litter along an Alpine elevation gradient: Mass loss and molecular characteristics

Geoderma

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2012, Pages 522-531

  Duboc, O ^a   Zehetner, F ^a   Djukic, I ^a   Tatzber, M ^a   Berger, T W ^a   Gerzabek, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climate; Climosequence; FT MIR; Litter decomposition; Litterbags

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLIMOSEQUENCE; FT-MIR; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERBAGS;

CARBON; FORESTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ELEVATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOMASS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

CLIMATES; DECAY; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST LITTER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUTRIENTS; PINUS NIGRA;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; EASTERN ALPS; NORTHERN CALCAREOUS ALPS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 84865056203     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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