Incubation time, functional litter diversity, and habitat characteristics predict litter-mixing effects on decomposition

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-169

  Lecerf, Antoine ^a   Marie, Guillaume ^a   Kominoski, John S ^b,e   Leroy, Carri J ^c   Bernadet, Caroline ^a   Swan, Christopher M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diversity; Ecosystem functioning; Functional regularity; Leaf litter; Litter breakdown; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HOMOGENEITY; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAF; TIME; TREE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 79955542985     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0315.1     Document Type: Article

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