Nitrogen addition stimulates forest litter decomposition and disrupts species interactions in Patagonia, Argentina

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1963-1974

  Vivanco, Lucía ^a   Austin, Amy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Affinity effects; Atmospheric N deposition; Carbon cycle; Home field advantage; Litter mixtures; Litter nitrogen dynamics; Nothofagus; Plant diversity; Plant soil feedbacks; Southern beech; Species interactions; Specificity effects; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST FLOOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; LITTER; NITROGEN; PLANT; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI; NOTHOFAGUS NERVOSA; NOTHOFAGUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 79953281880     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02344.x     Document Type: Article

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