Litter composition rather than plant presence affects decomposition of tropical litter mixtures

Plant and Soil

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 273-286

  Coq, Sylvain ^a,b   Weigel, Jean ^c   Butenschoen, Olaf ^d   Bonal, Damien ^c,e   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c Campus Agronomique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Amazonian lowland rainforest; Belowground aboveground interactions; Litter decomposition; Nitrogen dynamic; Non additive effect; Plant soil feedback

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; LITTERFALL; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING; TROPICAL REGION;

FRENCH GUIANA;

GOUPIA; GOUPIA GLABRA; PLATONIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 79956151591     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0717-y     Document Type: Article

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