Lack of home-field advantage in the decomposition of leaf litter in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-10

  Gießelmann, Urs Christian ^a   Martins, Kelly Geronazzo ^b   Brändle, Martin ^a   Schädler, Martin ^c   Marques, Renato ^b   Brandl, Roland ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic Rainforest; Decomposition; Forest succession; Home field advantage; Microbial decomposer

Indexed keywords

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EID: 80052159780     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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