Global climate change and litter decomposition: More frequent fire slows decomposition and increases the functional importance of invertebrates

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2958-2971

  Brennan, Karl E C ^a,b   Christie, Fiona J ^a,b   York, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; Decomposers; Disturbance regime; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem processes; Fine fuel loads; Global climate change; Leaf litter decomposition; Prescribed burning; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVERTEBRATE; LITTER;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 74549130021     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02011.x     Document Type: Article

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