Over-winter decomposition and associated macroinvertebrate communities of three deciduous leaf species in forest streams on the Canadian boreal shield

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 658, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-126

  Muto, Elisa A ^a   Kreutzweiser, David P ^b   Sibley, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal Shield; Leaf litter; Organic matter processing; Over winter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD WEB; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LEAF; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; OVERWINTERING; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAMWATER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 79959800625     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0455-9     Document Type: Article

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