Using experimental manipulation to assess the roles of leaf litter in the functioning of forest ecosystems

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-31

  Sayer, Emma J ^a  

^a Department of Plant Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Forests; Leaf litter; Litter manipulation; Microclimate; Mycorrhizal fungi; Nutrient cycle; Plant growth; Seedling emergence; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MINERAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL WATER;

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLIAGE; FOREST; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; HERBIVORY; HUMUS; LEACHING; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROCLIMATE; MYCORRHIZA; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SEEDLING; SHOOT; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL RESPIRATION; SURVIVAL; TAIGA; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TEMPERATURE; TREE GROWTH; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION; WOOD;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; FUNGI; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 32144449028     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793105006846     Document Type: Review

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