What controls the variability of wood-decay rates?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 623-631

  Liu, Weijie ^a,b   Schaefer, Douglas ^a   Qiao, Lu ^a,b   Liu, Xianbin ^a,c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fungal community; Moisture; Subtropical forest; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURE; DECOMPOSITION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; INITIAL WEIGHTS; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SUBTROPICAL FORESTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DECAY (ORGANIC); DECOMPOSITION; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; FUELS; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; WOOD;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOISTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE AREA; TREE; WOODY DEBRIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECAY; FORECASTS; FORESTS; FUELS; FUNGI; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

EID: 84884802174     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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