No evidence for leaf-trait dissimilarity effects on litter decomposition, fungal decomposers, and nutrient dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 550-561

  Frainer, André ^a,b,c,d,e   Moretti, Marcelo S ^a,f,g   Xu, Wenjing ^a,b,h   Gessner, Mark O ^a,b,i,j  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDADE VILA VELHA   (Brazil)

^h RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

ⁱ LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^j TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; Detritus breakdown; Ergosterol fungal biomass; Functional diversity; Functional plant litter traits; Nitrogen immobilization; Phosphorus dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNGUS; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

INVERTEBRATA;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; FUNGI; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; FUNGI; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 84927932699     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1151.1     Document Type: Article

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