Changes in the ratio of twig to foliage in litterfall with species composition, and consequences for decomposition across a long term chronosequence

Oikos

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 453-462

  Dearden, Fiona M ^a   Dehlin, Helena ^b   Wardle, David A ^b,c   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; FOLIAGE; FOREST FIRE; LITTERFALL; SOIL FERTILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ABIES; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33751256296     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15354.x     Document Type: Article

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