Similar breakdown rates and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages on native and Eucalyptus globulus leaf litter in Californian streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 739-752

  Laćan, Igor ^a   Resh, Vincent H ^a   McBride, Joe R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition rate; Eucalyptus; Leaf decay; Litter bags; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

ACER; ALNUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA; UMBELLULARIA;

EID: 77951699701     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02312.x     Document Type: Article

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