How well do plant functional traits and leaf-litter traits predict rates of litter decomposition?
Foliar functional traits have been shown to strongly co-vary with each other and with rates of litter decomposition, demonstrating an “after-life effect” of foliar traits on ecosystem processes. Leaf-litter traits are often used to indicate substrate quality in decomposition studies. Chemical traits...
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University of British Columbia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/57698 |