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Effect on Leaching on Pine Litter Decomposition Rate
Author(s) -
Kowal Norman Edward
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1936274
Subject(s) - decomposition , leaching (pedology) , environmental science , litter , carbon dioxide , environmental chemistry , chemistry , ecology , soil science , biology , soil water
Leached pine needles have a much higher decomposition rate than unleached ones. Under laboratory conditions, the measurement of carbon dioxide production yields a close estimate of decomposition rate as measured by weight loss.
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