Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: A global study

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1829, 2016, Pages

  Boyero, Luz ^a,b,c   Pearson, Richard G ^c   Hui, Cang ^d,e   Gessner, Mark O ^f,g   Pérez, Javier ^a   Alexandrou, Markos A ^h   Graça, Manuel A S ⁱ   Cardinale, Bradley J ^j   Albariño, Ricardo J ^k   Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy ^l   Barmuta, Leon A ^m   Boulton, Andrew J ⁿ   Bruder, Andreas ^o,p   Callisto, Marcos ^q   Chauvet, Eric ^r,s   Death, Russell G ^t   Dudgeon, David ^u   Encalada, Andrea C ^i,v   Ferreira, Verónica ⁱ   Figueroa, Ricardo ^w   Flecker, Alexander S ^x   Gonçalves, José F ^y   Helson, Julie ^z   Iwata, Tomoya ^aa   Jinggut, Tajang ^ab   Mathooko, Jude ^ac   Mathuriau, Catherine ^ad   M’Erimba, Charles ^ac   Moretti, Marcelo S ^ae   Pringle, Catherine M ^af   Ramírez, Alonso ^ag   Ratnarajah, Lavenia ^m   Rincon, José ^ah,ai   Yule, Catherine M ^ab   more..

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

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (South Africa)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^g TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

^l MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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

^p ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^q FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^r UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^s CNRS   (France)

^t MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^u UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^v UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^x Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^z UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^ab MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^ac EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^ad UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^ae UNIVERSIDADE VILA VELHA   (Brazil)

^af UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^ah FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^ai UNIVERSIDAD DEL AZUAY   (Ecuador)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate; Decomposition; Detritivore shredders; Latitudinal gradient; Litter quality

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LITTER; PHYLOGENETICS; STREAMWATER;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTA; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PH; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; RIVER;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; RIVERS;

EID: 84964794816     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2664     Document Type: Article

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