Decomposition rate of organic substrates in relation to the species diversity of soil saprophytic fungi

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 98-107

  Setälä, Heikki ^a   McLean, Mary Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Functional redundancy; Respiration; Saprophytic fungi

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNGUS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FUNGI;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CONIFER; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 4544324291     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1478-y     Document Type: Article

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