Leaf economics traits predict litter decomposition of tropical plants and differ among land use types

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Can Growth Form Classification Predict Litter Nutrient Dynamics and Decomposition Rates in Lowland Wet Forest?

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Anthropogenic Soils and Tree Distributions in a Lowland Forest in Bolivia

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Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of grasslands across Europe

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Controls over leaf litter decomposition in wet tropical forests

(2009) William R. Wieder et al.   ECOLOGY

A multi-trait test of the leaf-height-seed plant strategy scheme with 133 species from a pine forest flora

(2009) Daniel C. Laughlin et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Decomposition in tropical forests: a pan-tropical study of the effects of litter type, litter placement and mesofaunal exclusion across a precipitation gradient

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What Limits Trees in C4 Grasslands and Savannas?

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Contrasting Predictors of Fern versus Angiosperm Decomposition in a Common Garden

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LEAF HERBIVORY AND DECOMPOSABILITY IN A MALAYSIAN TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

(2008) Hiroko Kurokawa et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Plant responses to agricultural intensification

(2008) Josh Dorrough et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Relative effect of litter quality, forest type and their interaction on leaf decomposition in south-east Brazilian forests

(2008) Camila de Toledo Castanho et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Plant litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in north Queensland tropical rain-forest communities of differing successional status

(2008) Scott A. Parsons et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Stoichiometry of ferns in Hawaii: implications for nutrient cycling

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