Soil moisture increment as a controlling variable of the "Birch effect". Interactions with the pre-wetting soil moisture and litter addition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 21-34

  Lado Monserrat, Luis ^a   Lull, Cristina ^a   Bautista, Inmaculada ^a   Lidón, Antonio ^a   Herrera, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Nitrogen mineralization; Pinus halepensis; Soil respiration; Substrate limitation; Water pulses; Wetting intensity

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; REWETTING; SANDY LOAM; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATE;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84899899095     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2037-5     Document Type: Article

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