Variation in decomposition rates in the fynbos biome, South Africa: The role of plant species and plant stoichiometry

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 225-235

  Bengtsson, Jan ^a   Janion, Charlene ^b   Chown, Steven L ^b   Leinaas, Hans Petter ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; Fynbos; Nutrient release; Renosterveld; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOME; DECOMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GEOPHYTE; LITTER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOICHIOMETRY; VEGETATION TYPE;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ELYTROPAPPUS RHINOCEROTIS; GALENIA AFRICANA; WATSONIA BORBONICA;

EID: 78650728878     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1753-7     Document Type: Article

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