PLS-regressions highlight litter quality as the major predictor of humus form shift along forest maturation

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 969-971

  Trap, Jean ^a,b   Bureau, Fabrice ^c   Perez, Gabriel ^c   Aubert, Michaël ^c  

^a Esitpa   (France)

^b UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Below aboveground relationships; Fagus sylvatica; Forest chronosequence; Humus Index; Leaf litter quality; PLS regressions; Topsoil nutrients availability

Indexed keywords

BELOW-ABOVEGROUND RELATIONSHIPS; CHRONOSEQUENCES; FAGUS SYLVATICA; HUMUS INDEX; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENTS AVAILABILITY; PLS REGRESSION;

MANGANESE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMUS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LITTER; MATURATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL;

FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOREST LITTER; HUMUS; LEAVES; MANGANESE; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84873314262     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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