Decoupled responses of tree and shrub leaf and litter trait values to ecosystem retrogression across an island area gradient

Plant and Soil

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 183-197

  Lagerström, Anna ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a   Wardle, David A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Ecosystem development; Plant traits; Retrogression; Succession

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; BOREAL FOREST; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; LEAF LITTER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHRUB; SOIL FERTILITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 84878604280     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1159-x     Document Type: Article

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