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Nutrient Distribution and Cycling

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Book cover Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 137))

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Nutrient cycling is one of the major functional properties of ecosystems. The amounts of nutrients contained within the ecosystem, their distribution among ecosystem compartments, and their rates of flow between compartments reflect the interactions between organisms and their environment, and are an expression of the extent to which ecosystems affect and are affected by the availability and fate of nutrients (Attiwill and Adams 1993).

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  1. Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193, Barcelona, Spain

    Ferran Rodà , Javier Retana  & Carlos A. Gracia ,  & 

  2. Department of Ecology Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain

    Juan Bellot

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Escarré, A., Rodà, F., Terradas, J., Mayor, X. (1999). Nutrient Distribution and Cycling. In: Rodà, F., Retana, J., Gracia, C.A., Bellot, J. (eds) Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 137. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58618-7_18

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