A comparative study of leaf breakdown of three native tree species in a slowly-flowing headwater stream in the Colombian Andes

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-198

  Chara, Julian ^a   Baird, Donald ^b   Telfer, Trevor ^c   Giraldo, Lina ^a  

^a CIPAV   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Litter degradation; Macroinvertebrates; Shredders

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; STREAM FLOW;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN TREE; HEADWATER; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; STREAMFLOW;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

CUPANIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYRSINE FLORIDANA; NECTANDRA;

EID: 34250692968     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200510954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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