Decomposition rate and nutrient release from plant litter of Norway spruce forest in the Bohemian Forest

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Šantrůčkqyá, Hana ^a   Vaněk, Daniel ^a   KrištŮfková, Markéta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

mineral nitrogen; Needles; phosphorus; temperature; understorey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995758054     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0073-9     Document Type: Article

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