Plant species effect on the decomposition and chemical changes of leaf litter in grassland and pine and oak forest soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 411-421

  Osono, Takashi ^a   Azuma, Jun ichi ^b   Hirose, Dai ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Acid unhydrolyzable residue; Immobilization; Nitrogen; Succession

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; GRASS; GRASSLAND; IMMOBILIZATION; LEAF LITTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYLOGENETICS; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

JAPAN;

CORTADERIA; LITHOCARPUS GLABER; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; PINUS DENSIFLORA; QUERCUS CRISPULA;

EID: 84904318267     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1993-5     Document Type: Article

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