Functional leaf attributes predict litter decomposition rate in herbaceous plants
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- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Phytologist
- Vol. 135 (1), 109-114
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00628.x
Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that functional attributes of living leaves provide a basis for predicting the decomposition rate of leaf litter. The data were obtained from standardized screening tests on ...Keywords
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