Litter mixture interactions at the level of plant functional types are additive

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-98

  Hoorens, Bart ^a,b   Stroetenga, Martin ^a   Aerts, Rien ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Tauw Environment Ltd   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Additive effects; Decomposition; Litter production; Moisture effects; Peatland; Species identity effects; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF LITTER; MOSS; PEATLAND; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77949264217     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9301-1     Document Type: Article

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