Using the biomass-ratio and idiosyncratic hypotheses to predict mixed-species litter decomposition

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 135-141

  Tardif, Antoine ^a,b   Shipley, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Betula populifolia; biomass ratio hypothesis; community aggregated traits; community weighted means; litter decomposition; Pinus banksiana; Pinus strobus; Populus tremuloides; Quercus rubra

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONVERGENCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MICROCOSM; MONOCULTURE; PREDICTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA POPULIFOLIA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS STROBUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 84871751658     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs241     Document Type: Article

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