Among- and within-species variation in plant litter decomposition in contrasting long-term chronosequences

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 442-453

  Wardle, David A ^a,b   Bardgett, Richard D ^c   Walker, Lawrence R ^d   Bonner, Karen I ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Decomposition; Ecosystem; Litter mixing; Nutrient release; Retrogression; Species effects; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DECOMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LITTER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SOIL FERTILITY; SUCCESSION;

ALASKA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62449249843     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01513.x     Document Type: Article

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