Global meta-analysis of wood decomposition rates: A role for trait variation among tree species?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-56

  Weedon, James T ^a   Cornwell, William K ^a,f   Cornelissen, Johannes H C ^a   Zanne, Amy E ^b,c   Wirth, Christian ^d   Coomes, David A ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Decay; Gymnosperm; Lignin; Wood density; Woody debris

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANGIOSPERM; CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; GYMNOSPERM; META-ANALYSIS; WOOD; WOOD QUALITY; WOODY DEBRIS;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; WOOD;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CLIMATE; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WOOD;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 57549098986     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01259.x     Document Type: Article

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