Temporal patterns of litter production by vascular plants and its decomposition rate in cut-over peatlands

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 245-250

  Trinder, Clare J ^a,b   Artz, Rebekka R E ^b   Johnson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Eriophorum angustifolium; Eriophorum vaginatum; Litter traps; Scotland

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; PEATLAND; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERIOPHORUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 46549086760     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-126.1     Document Type: Article

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