Degradation of native and exotic riparian plant leaf litter in a floodplain pond

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1798-1810

  Bottollier Curtet, Marion ^a,b,c   Charcosset, Jean Yves ^a,b   Planty Tabacchi, Anne Marie ^a,b   Tabacchi, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b Institut National Polytechnique   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Floodplains; Invasive species; Invertebrates; Ponds

Indexed keywords

BUDDLEJA; BUDDLEJA DAVIDII; INVERTEBRATA; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 79961022678     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02620.x     Document Type: Article

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