Plant traits and wood fates across the globe: Rotted, burned, or consumed?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2431-2449

  Cornwell, William K ^a   Cornelissen, Johannes H C ^b   Allison, Steven D ^c   Bauhus, Jürgen ^d   Eggleton, Paul ^e   Preston, Caroline M ^f   Scarff, Fiona ^g   Weedon, James T ^b   Wirth, Christian ^h   Zanne, Amy E ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^g MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

ⁱ NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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Author keywords

C cycle; Carbon; Decomposition; Fire; Microbial decay; Termites; Wood

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECOMPOSITION; GLOBAL CHANGE; TERMITE; WOODY DEBRIS;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 70149114589     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01916.x     Document Type: Article

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