Weak effects of plant diversity on leaf-litter breakdown in a tropical stream

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1218-1225

  Dudgeon, David ^a   Gao, Becky W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

allochthonous; biodiversity; decomposition; ecosystem functioning; Hong Kong; macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LEAF LITTER; LEGUME; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

CHIRONOMIDAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS FISTULOSA; MORACEAE;

EID: 77958509146     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10109     Document Type: Article

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