Decoupled responses of tree and shrub leaf and litter trait values to ecosystem retrogression across an island area gradient

Anna Lagerström; Marie-Charlotte Nilsson Hegethorn; David Wardle

doi:10.1007/s11104-012-1159-x

Decoupled responses of tree and shrub leaf and litter trait values to ecosystem retrogression across an island area gradient

Department of Forest Ecology and Management

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Abstract

Our results only partially agree with previous studies on temperate and subtropical retrogressive chronosequences. Because traits of only shrubs were responsive, they also highlight that impairment of belowground ecosystem processes during retrogression is primarily driven by changes in the trait spectra of understory vegetation rather than that of the trees.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-197
Number of pages	15
Journal	Plant and Soil
Volume	367
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1159-x
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Decomposition
Ecosystemdevelopment
Plant traits
Retrogression
Succession

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