Leaf-litter decomposition across three flooding regimes in a seasonally flooded Amazonian watershed

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-210

  Capps, Krista A ^a   Graça, Manuel A S ^b   Encalada, Andrea C ^b,c   Flecker, Alexander S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

decomposition; ergosterol; Inga punctata; leaf litter; microbial decomposers; stream ecology; Tiputini Biodiversity Station; Triplaris dugandii; tropical

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; ERGOSTEROL; FLOODING; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STREAM; TROPICAL REGION; WATERSHED;

AMAZONIA;

INGA PUNCTATA; TRIPLARIS;

EID: 79957466000     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467410000635     Document Type: Short Survey

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