Litter evenness influences short-term peatland decomposition processes

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 511-520

  Ward, Susan E ^a,b   Ostle, Nick J ^b   McNamara, Niall P ^b   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Calluna vulgaris; Carbon dioxide; Functional traits; Leachate

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; LAND USE CHANGE; LEACHATE; LITTER; MOSS; PEATLAND; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI;

EID: 77956650167     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1636-y     Document Type: Article

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