C, N and P fertilization in an Amazonian rainforest supports stoichiometric dissimilarity as a driver of litter diversity effects on decomposition

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1796, 2014, Pages

  Barantal, Sandra ^a,b,c   Schimann, Heidy ^b   Fromin, Nathalie ^a,d   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Litter diversity; Neotropical forest; Nutrient addition; Soil fauna; Stoichiometry; Trait dissimilarity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); LEAF LITTER; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RAINFOREST; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SYNERGISM; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; RAIN FOREST; SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; RAINFOREST; SOIL;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84908191668     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1682     Document Type: Article

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