Genetically based trait in a dominant tree affects ecosystem processes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-134

  Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^a,b   Bailey, Joseph K ^a,b   Rehill, Brian J ^d   Martinsen, Gregory D ^a,b   Hart, Stephen C ^a,b   Lindroth, Richard L ^c   Keim, Paul ^a,b   Whitham, Thomas G ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Ecosystem ecology; Extended phenotype; Genetic diversity; Leaf litter decomposition; Nitrogen mineralization; Plant hybridization; Populus

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; TANNIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; POPULUS;

EID: 1342269509     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2003.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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