Carbon quality rather than stoichiometry controls litter decomposition in a tropical rain forest
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Land use not litter quality is a stronger driver of decomposition in hyperdiverse tropical forest
In hyperdiverse tropical forests, the key drivers of litter decomposition are poorly understood despite its crucial role in facilitating nutrient availability for plants and microbes. Selective logging is a pressing land use with potential for considerable impacts on plant-soil interactions, litter decomposition, and nutrient cycling. Here, in Borneo's tropical rainforests, we test the hypothes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ecology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0022-0477
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01671.x