Evaluation of macrofaunal effects on leaf litter breakdown rates in aquatic and terrestrial habitats

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 783-790

  Ribas, Augusto C De A ^a   Tanaka, Marcel O ^a,b   De Souza, Andréa L T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Leaf litter; Litter bags; Macroinvertebrates; Tropical ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MESH SIZE; ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 33747467845     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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