The effects of eucalypt plantations on plant litter decomposition and macroinvertebrate communities in Iberian streams

Eucalypt plantations cover over 1.5 million ha in the Iberian Peninsula. The effects of the replacement of native deciduous forests by exotic plantations on stream communities and litter decomposition, a key ecosystem process in forest streams, are poorly understood. We compared microbially driven a...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ferreira, Verónica (author)
Outros Autores: Larrañaga, Aitor (author), Gulis, Vladislav (author), Basaguren, Ana (author), Elosegi, Arturo (author), Graça, Manuel A. S. (author), Pozo, Jesús (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2015
Assuntos:
Ecosystem functioning
Eucalyptus globulus
Forest change
Litter quality
Litter breakdown
Shredders
Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/98702
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:estudogeral.sib.uc.pt:10316/98702

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