Leaf dry matter content as a predictor of grassland litter decomposition: a test of the ‘mass ratio hypothesis’

Abstract The mass ratio hypothesis provides the key link between plant functional traits (PFTs) and ecosystem processes. Despite its centrality to the field it has had few direct tests. A litter decomposition study using grassland species, singly and in mixtures, was set up to see whether simple lea...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

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Autor*in:

Pakeman, Robin J. [verfasserIn]

Eastwood, Antonia [verfasserIn]

Scobie, Andrew [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2010

Schlagwörter:

Ecosystem function

Ecosystem process

Ecosystem services

LDMC

Litter mixtures

Plant functional traits

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Plant and soil - Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V, 1948, 342(2010), 1-2 vom: 24. Nov., Seite 49-57

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:342 ; year:2010 ; number:1-2 ; day:24 ; month:11 ; pages:49-57

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s11104-010-0664-z

Katalog-ID:

SPR016721128

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