Mixing Effects of Understory Plant Litter on Decomposition and Nutrient Release of Tree Litter in Two Plantations in Northeast China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Lei ^a,b   Hu, Ya Lin ^a   Lin, Gui Gang ^a,b   Gao, Yong chao ^a,b   Fang, Yun Ting ^a   Zeng, De Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA; ARTICLE; CHINA; ELYMUS VILLIFER; FOREST DYNAMICS; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT LITTER; PLANTATION; POPULUS; SCOTS PINE; SETARIA VIRIDIS; TREE; TREE LITTER;

BIOMASS; CHINA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84885457382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076334     Document Type: Article

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