Litter quality and its response to water level drawdown in boreal peatlands at plant species and community level

Plant and Soil

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 501-520

  Straková, Petra ^a,b   Anttila, Jani ^a   Spetz, Peter ^b   Kitunen, Veikko ^b   Tapanila, Tarja ^b   Laiho, Raija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Litter inputs; Litter quality; Peatlands; Water level drawdown

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COPPER COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LIGNIN; LITTER; MOSS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIDATION; PEATLAND; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER LEVEL;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77956877600     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0447-6     Document Type: Article

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