Do plant species encourage soil biota that specialise in the rapid decomposition of their litter?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 183-186

  Ayres, Edward ^a,b   Dromph, Karsten M ^a,c   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community structure; Decomposition; Fauna; Flora; Leaf litter; Local adaptation; Mass loss; Nutrient cycling; Respiration; Soil biota

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FLORA; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MASS LOSS; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL BIOTA;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 28944446416     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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