Alterations in litter decomposition patterns in tropical montane forests of Colombia: A comparison of oak forests and coniferous plantations

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 528-533

  Loaiza Usuga, Juan Carlos ^a,b   León Peláez, Juan D ^b   González Hernández, María I ^c   Gallardo Lancho, Juan Fernando ^d   Osorio Vega, Walter ^b   Correa Londoño, Guillermo ^b  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; CONIFEROUS PLANTATIONS; CONIFEROUS SPECIES; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

CARBON; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; LAND USE; LITTER; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LOSS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

CARBON; FORESTRY; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; TROPICS;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 84878783648     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0438     Document Type: Article

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