Upland forest linkages to seasonal wetlands: Litter flux, processing, and food quality

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 142-151

  Palik, Brian ^a   Batzer, Darold P ^b   Kern, Christel ^a  

^a NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CPOM; Ecosystem linkages; Forest wetlands; Litter breakdown; Litter flux; Seasonal wetlands; Wetland invertebrates

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FOOD QUALITY; LARVA; LEAF LITTER; MOSQUITO; SEASONALITY; SWAMP FOREST; WETLAND;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; AEDES AEGYPTI; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS NIGRA; INVERTEBRATA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 33645828388     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0010-0     Document Type: Article

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