Soil-litter nitrogen transfer and changes in δ13C and δ15N values in decomposing leaf litter during laboratory incubation

Pedobiologia

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 147-152

  Shilenkova, Oksana L ^a   Tiunov, Alexei V ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Detrital food webs; Isotopic baseline; Labile N; Litter decomposition; Mycelial connection; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE;

POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; QUERCUS ROBUR; ULMUS; ULMUS GLABRA;

EID: 84878958679     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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