Do non-native Platanus hybrida riparian plantations affect leaf litter decomposition in streams?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 716, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-20

  Menendez M ^a   Descals, E ^b   Riera, T ^a   Moya, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Exotic riparian vegetation; Litter breakdown; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY; COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FOOD WEB; HEADWATER; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

ALNUS; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; PLATANUS X ACERIFOLIA;

EID: 84881558040     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1539-0     Document Type: Article

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