The relationship between functional dispersion of mixed-species leaf litter mixtures and species' interactions during decomposition

Oikos

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1050-1057

  Tardif, Antoine ^a,b   Shipley, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b French National Institute of Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF LITTER; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 84939537619     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.01686     Document Type: Article

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