Degradability, molecular weight and adsorption properties of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen leached from different types of decomposing litter

Plant and Soil

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 787-798

  Kiikkilä, Oili ^a   Smolander, Aino ^a   Kitunen, Veikko ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

DOC; DON; Litter decomposition; Tree species; Ultrafiltration; XAD

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; LEACHING; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; ULTRAFILTRATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BETULA PENDULA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84888291301     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1837-3     Document Type: Article

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