Localized Effects of Coarse Woody Material on Soil Oribatid Communities Diminish over 700 Years of Stand Development in Black-Spruce-Feathermoss Forests
In the black-spruce clay-belt region of Western Québec, soil nutrients are limited due to paludification. Under paludified conditions, nutrient subsidies from decomposing surface coarse woody material (CWM) may be important particularly during the later stages of ecosystem development when deadwood...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Forests |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/4/914 |