Leaf chemistry of woody species in the Brazilian cerrado and seasonal forest: response to soil and taxonomy and effects on decomposition rates

Plant Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1467-1479

  Miatto, Raquel Carolina ^a   Batalha, Marco Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Leaf chemistry; Nutrient availability; Savanna; Tea bag index; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; INDEX METHOD; LEAF; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SAVANNA; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODY PLANT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84988419016     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: 15735052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0658-x     Document Type: Article

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