Sodium limits litter decomposition rates in a subtropical forest: Additional tests of the sodium ecosystem respiration hypothesis

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-104

  Jia, Yanyan ^a,b   Kong, Xiangshi ^a   Weiser, Michael D ^c   Lv, Yanna ^d   Akbar, Siddiq ^a   Jia, Xiuqin ^a   Tian, Kai ^a   He, Zaihua ^a   Lin, Hong ^a   Bei, Zhanlin ^a,e   Tian, Xingjun ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e BEIFANG UNIVERSITY OF NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

Brown food webs; Nutrient limitation; Sodium subsidies; Soil fauna; Soil microbial respiration

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84928154694     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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