The effects of spatial scale on breakdown of leaves in a tropical watershed.

The objective was to assess the effects of natural variation in the physical structure of the environment on biological communities and on the processing of Eucalyptus cloeziana and Inga laurina and to identify the controlling factors at different scales along stream order gradients. The study area...

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Main Authors: Renan S Rezende, Mauricio M Petrucio, José F Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4014586?pdf=render