Leaf litter decomposition differs among genotypes in a local Betula pendula population

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 707-714

  Silfver, Tarja ^a   Mikola, Juha ^b,c   Rousi, Matti ^d   Roininen, Heikki ^a   Oksanen, Elina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Herbivore resistance; Leaf quality; Silver birch

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF LITTER; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; SAPLING;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF;

BETULA; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES;

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 34250683088     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0695-1     Document Type: Article

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