The effects of eucalypt plantations on plant litter decomposition and macroinvertebrate communities in Iberian streams

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 335, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-138

  Ferreira, Verónica ^a   Larrañaga, Aitor ^b   Gulis, Vladislav ^a,c   Basaguren, Ana ^b   Elosegi, Arturo ^b   Graça, Manuel A S ^a   Pozo, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

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

^c Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem functioning; Eucalyptus globulus; Forest change; Litter breakdown; Litter quality; Shredders

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIA; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FOREST CHANGE; LITTER BREAKDOWN; LITTER QUALITY; SHREDDERS;

FORESTRY;

BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVERGREEN TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84908246272     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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