Increasing litter species richness reduces variability in a terrestrial decomposer system

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2657-2664

  Keith, Aidan M ^a,e   Van Der Wal, René ^b   Brooker, Rob W ^c   Osler, Graham H R ^c   Chapman, Stephen J ^c   Burslem, David F R P ^b   Elston, David A ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Decomposition; Ecosystem variability; Litter identity; Microbial biomass; Nematodes; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITTER; NEMATODE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPLAND REGION;

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

BETULA PENDULA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NEMATODA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; NEMATODA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 54549114520     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1364.1     Document Type: Article

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