Leaf litter decomposition in temperate deciduous forest stands with a decreasing fraction of beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1083-1094

  Jacob, Mascha ^a   Viedenz, Karin ^b   Polle, Andrea ^c   Thomas, Frank M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Central Europe; Element ratio; Litter degradation; Litterbag

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BEECH; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREE;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FAGUS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

ACER; CARPINUS BETULUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MALVACEAE; TILIA;

EID: 78449239558     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1699-9     Document Type: Article

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