Effects of canopy opening and debris deposition on fungal connectivity, phosphorus movement between litter cohorts and mass loss

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 332, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-21

  Lodge, D Jean ^a   Cantrell, Sharon A ^b   González, Grizelle ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL TURABO   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy opening; Decomposition; Hurricane disturbance debris; Leaching; Phosphorus translocation; White rot decomposer fungi

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOORS; FUNGI; HURRICANES; LEACHING; MOISTURE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; TROPICS;

CANOPY OPENING; CONTROL TREATMENTS; DECOMPOSERS; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; LIGNIN DEGRADATION; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; PHOSPHORUS CONTENTS;

FORESTRY;

CONNECTIVITY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FUNGUS; HURRICANE; LEAF LITTER; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; TRANSLOCATION;

LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO;

FUNGI;

EID: 84918778588     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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