Abstract:Purpose Residue retention is important for nutrient and water economy in sub-tropical plantation forests. We examined decomposing hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii Ait. Ex D. Don) 2 residues -foliage, branches and stem wood -to determine the changes in structural chemistry that occur during decomposition.
Materials and methodsResidues were incubated in situ using 0.05-m 2 microplots. We used solid-state 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to determine the structural composition of harvest residu… Show more
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