Urbanization effects on leaf litter decomposition, foliar nutrient dynamics and aboveground net primary productivity in the subtropics

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1285-1303

  Enloe, Heather A ^a   Lockaby, B Graeme ^b   Zipperer, Wayne C ^c   Somers, Greg L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Forest; Litter quality; Net primary productivity; Soil carbon; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949322850     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-015-0444-x     Document Type: Article

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