Home-field advantage of litter decomposition and nitrogen release in forest ecosystems

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 427-434

  Wang, Qingkui ^a,b   Zhong, Micai ^a,c   He, Tongxin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Huitong National Research Station of Forest Ecosystem   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Litter quality; Mass loss; Meta analysis; Nutrient release; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER; MESH SIZE; META-ANALYSIS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL FAUNA;

EID: 84876907394     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-012-0741-y     Document Type: Article

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