Litter diversity, fungal decomposers and litter decomposition under simulated stream intermittency

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1269-1277

  Bruder, Andreas ^a,b   Chauvet, Eric ^c,d   Gessner, Mark O ^a,b,e,f  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; Decomposition; Drought; Litter diversity; Litter traits; Stream intermittency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW;

ALNUS; HYPHOMYCETES;

EID: 80855147442     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01903.x     Document Type: Article

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