Exotic species as modifiers of ecosystem processes: Litter decomposition in native and invaded secondary forests of NW Argentina

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 54, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-28

  Aragón, Roxana ^a   Montti, Lia ^a,b   Ayup, María Marta ^a   Fernández, Romina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlantico Puerto Iguazu   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Leaf functional attributes; Ligustrum lucidum; Litterbag experiment; Morus sp.; Nutrient dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SECONDARY FOREST;

ARGENTINA;

CINNAMOMUM; CUPANIA VERNALIS; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 84891659114     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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