Mattson, W.J.

Wagner, T.L.

Witter, J.A.

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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)

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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Aspen Bibliography Aspen Research 1977 A survey of soil invertebrates in two aspen forests in northern Minnesota T.L. Wagner W.J. Mattson J.A. Witter Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/aspen_bib  Part of the Forest Sciences Commons 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 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Aspen Research at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Aspen Bibliography by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@usu.edu. 

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

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

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