Accelerated nutrient cycling via leaf litter, and not root interaction, increases growth of Eucalyptus in mixed-species plantations with Leucaena

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-53

  Tang, Guoyong ^a,b   Li, Kun ^a,b   Zhang, Chunhua ^a,b   Gao, Chengjie ^a   Li, Bin ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b State Forestry Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Litter admixture; Litter decomposition; Mixed species plantation; N fixing tree; Root interaction

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS; LITTER ADMIXTURE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MIXED SPECIES; N-FIXING TREE; ROOT INTERACTION;

ARID REGIONS; MIXTURES; NITROGEN FIXATION; REFORESTATION; SOILS; VEHICLES;

NUTRIENTS;

AFFORESTATION; ARID REGION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOTONE; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SAVANNA; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84883676222     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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