Solar UV-B decreases decomposition in herbaceous plant litter in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: Potential role of an altered decomposer community

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1465-1474

  Pancotto, Verónica A ^a   Sala, Osvaldo E ^a   Cabello, Marta ^b   López, Nancy I ^a   Robson, T Matthew ^c   Ballaré, Carlos L ^a   Caldwell, Martyn M ^c   Scopel, Ana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposer community composition; Decomposition; Gunnera magellanica; Litter quality; Ozone depletion; Ultraviolet B solar radiation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OZONE DEPLETION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ARGENTINA;

BASSIANA; BEAUVERIA; CLADOSPORIUM; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; DAVIDIELLA TASSIANA; GUNNERA MAGELLANICA; HYPOCREA PACHYBASIOIDES; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM GLABRUM; PENICILLIUM THOMII; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 0242370006     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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