Patterns and mechanisms responsible for the relationship between the diversity of litter macro-invertebrates and leaf degradation

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-44

  Hedde, Mickaël ^a   Bureau, Fabrice ^a   Chauvat, Matthieu ^a   Decaëns, Thibaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity function relationship; Functional diversity; Litter degradation; Morphological diversity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DIPLOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ONISCIDEA;

EID: 75749127366     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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