Coarse Woody Debris Stimulates Soil Enzymatic Activity and Litter Decomposition in an Old-Growth Temperate Forest of Patagonia, Argentina

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1025-1038

  Gonzalez Polo, Marina ^a,b   Fernández Souto, Adriana ^a   Austin, Amy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

glucosidase; carbon cycling; CWD; Nothofagus; soil mesofauna; South America

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT; LITTERFALL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MITE; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TEA; TEMPERATE FOREST; TURNOVER;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

ACARI; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 84881545673     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9665-0     Document Type: Article

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