A survey of soil invertebrates in two aspen forests in northern Minnesota

Authors

T.L. Wagner
W.J. Mattson
J.A. Witter

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NC

Issue

40

First Page

1

Last Page

23

Publication Date

1977

Abstract

Productivity of ecosystems depends to a large extent on the quantity of available nutrients. In natural ecosystems, much of the nutrient stock is unavailable because it is bound in live and dead organic matter. Additions to the pool of available nutrients come from several sources, but the largest and most important one is dead organic matter. Therefore, the productivity of ecosystems is often said to be related to the rate of nutrient release from, or the mineralization of, organic litter (Ghilarov 1971, Satchell 1974).

Recommended Citation

Wagner, T.L.; Mattson, W.J.; and Witter, J.A., "A survey of soil invertebrates in two aspen forests in northern Minnesota" (1977). Aspen Bibliography. Paper 4854.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/aspen_bib/4854