Nitrogen and phosphorus release from mixed litter layers is lower than predicted from single species decay

Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-100

  Ball, Becky A ^a,b   Bradford, Mark A ^b   Hunter, Mark D ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Decomposition; Ecosystem function; Litter mixtures; Litter nitrogen; Litter phosphorus; Nutrient dynamics; Species composition; Species diversity; Species loss

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LITTER; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 58849112134     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9208-2     Document Type: Article

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