Unexpected Effects of Chitin, Cellulose, and Lignin Addition on Soil Dynamics in a Wet Tropical Forest

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 918-930

  Russell, Ann E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cellulose; chitin; decomposition; fungi; lignin; nitrogen; organic matter stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHITIN; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; FUNGUS; LIGNIN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STOICHIOMETRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84904255208     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9769-1     Document Type: Article

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