Breakdown and macroinvertebrate colonization of needle and leaf litter in conifer plantation streams in Shikoku, southwestern Japan

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-115

  Hisabae, Mayu ^a   Sone, Shin ^a   Inoue, Mikio ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coarse particulate organic matter; Fusa zakura Euptelea polyandra; Riparian forest; Shredder; Sugi Cryptomeria japonica

Indexed keywords

COARSE PARTICULATES; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FUSA-ZAKURA EUPTELEA POLYANDRA; RIPARIAN FOREST; SHREDDER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NEEDLES;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANOPY; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MIXED FOREST; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAM BED; STREAMFLOW; TAXONOMY;

FORESTRY; NEEDLES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHREDDERS;

JAPAN; SHIKOKU;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; EUPTELEA POLYANDRA; GAMMARIDAE; LEPIDOSTOMATIDAE;

EID: 79952763602     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-010-0210-0     Document Type: Article

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