The trait contribution to wood decomposition rates of 15 Neotropical tree species

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3686-3697

  Van Geffen, Koert G ^a,b   Poorter, Lourens ^b,c   Sass Klaassen, Ute ^c   Van Logtestijn, Richard S P ^a   Cornelissen, Johannes H C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Centro de Investigación Económica del Colegio de Economista   (Bolivia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Carbon cycling; Traits; Tropical forest; Wood decomposition

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARBON CYCLE; DEAD WOOD; DECOMPOSITION; DIAMETER; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGNIN; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREE; WOOD;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLIMATE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WOOD;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 78650390791     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2224.1     Document Type: Article

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