Litter decomposition rate and soil organic matter quality in a patchwork heathland of southern Norway

SOIL

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 207-216

  Certini, G ^a   Vestgarden, L S ^b,c   Forte, C ^d   Tau Strand, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d ICCOM CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; LITTER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

NORWAY;

EID: 84977614128     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-1-207-2015     Document Type: Article

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