Litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in temperate forest of Kumaun region

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Year 2015 Vol 4 Issue 4
Document Type : original article
¹Lovy Raj Chandraa, b * ² Apurva Raia ³ Veena Pandeb ⁴ Nandita Singha
¹a Plant Ecology and Environmental Science Division
² CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute,
³226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India;
⁴ bDepartment of Biotechnology, Bhimtal Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital-263136, Uttarakhand, India
Abstract
The magnitude of litter fall and its decomposition in a forest ecosystem impart a crucial role in nutrient supply to plant as well as microorganisms. The present study was conducted to evaluate and compare the litter fall production, leaves litter decomposition and nutrient re-translocation among the dominant species i.e. Pine and Oak, of temperate forest of Kumaun region



Keywords
Litter decomposition Nutrient cycle retranslocation Pinus roxburgii Quercus leucotricophora
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