Sunlight and Soil–Litter Mixing: Drivers of Litter Decomposition in Drylands

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 273-302

  Barnes, Paul W ^a   Throop, Heather L ^b   Archer, Steven R ^c   Breshears, David D ^c   McCulley, Rebecca L ^d   Tobler, Mark A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action Spectrum; Coarse Woody Debris; Litter Decomposition; Overland Flow; Soil Deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85143761816     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08807-5_11     Document Type: Article

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