Diversity meets decomposition

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 372-380

  Gessner, Mark O ^a,b   Swan, Christopher M ^c   Dang, Christian K ^d,e   McKie, Brendan G ^f   Bardgett, Richard D ^g   Wall, Diana H ^h   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ⁱ  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e Université du Havre   (France)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; DIVERGENCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; FOREST FLOOR; HERBIVORY; LEAF; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOMASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; PLANTS;

EID: 77954634239     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.01.010     Document Type: Review

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