Leaf litter decomposition of native and introduced tree species of contrasting quality in headwater streams: How does the regional setting matter?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 458-460, Issue , 2013, Pages 197-208

  Casas, J Jesús ^a   Larrañaga, Aitor ^b   Menéndez, Margarita ^c   Pozo, Jesús ^b   Basaguren, Ana ^b   Martínez, Aingeru ^b   Pérez, Javier ^b   González, José M ^d   Mollá, Salvador ^e   Casado, Carmen ^e   Descals, Enrique ^f   Roblas, Neftalí ^g   López González, J Antonio ^a   Luis Valenzuela, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^g Centro de Investigaciones Ambientales de la Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest plantations; Resource use plasticity; Shredders; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION RATE; FOREST PLANTATION; INTRODUCED TREE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; SHREDDERS; TRICHOPTERA;

PLASTICITY; REFORESTATION;

ECOLOGY;

AFFORESTATION; CADDISFLY; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; HEADWATER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; RESOURCE USE; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DETRITIVORE; GEOGRAPHY; HEADWATER STREAM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STREAM (RIVER); TREE; TRICHOPTERA; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSECTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT LEAVES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SPAIN; TREES;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84877315146     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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