Diversity and ecosystem functioning: Litter decomposition dynamics in the Atlantic Rainforest

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-290

  Gießelmann, Urs Christian ^a   Martins, Kelly Geronazzo ^b   Brändle, Martin ^a   Schädler, Martin ^c   Marques, Renato ^b   Brandl, Roland ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic rainforest; Decomposition; Diversity; Ecosystem functioning

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77957375107     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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