Separating the effects of litter quality and microenvironment on decomposition rates in a patterned peatland

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 529-539

  Belyea, Lisa R ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LITTER QUALITY; PEATLAND;

UK, SCOTLAND;

RACOMITRIUM LANUGINOSUM; SPHAGNUM CAPILLIFOLIUM; SPHAGNUM CUSPIDATUM; SPHAGNUM PAPILLOSUM;

EID: 0030303288     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545942     Document Type: Article

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