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Abstract Litter, as the basic carrier of nutrients, is a link between plants and soil in nutrient cycling and plays a major role in maintaining soil fertility and promoting material… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Litter, as the basic carrier of nutrients, is a link between plants and soil in nutrient cycling and plays a major role in maintaining soil fertility and promoting material cycling and nutrient balance in forest ecosystems. The present study used geostatistics to investigate the spatial heterogeneity of organic carbon (OC) and total nitrogen (TN) in litter and their influencing factors, over four representative 1-ha natural spruce-fir mixed stands in Jilin Province, China. Our results showed that forest litter OC and TN varied in the four stands with an average OC concentration ranging from 378 to 453 g·kg−1 and average TN concentration ranging from 16.4 to 21.8 g·kg−1. The nugget-to-sill values were
Journal Title: CATENA
Year Published: 2019
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