The effects of leaf litter evenness on decomposition depend on which plant functional group is dominant

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 365; no. 1/2; pp. 255 - 266
• Main Authors: Li, Daijiang, Peng, Shaolin, Chen, Baoming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.04.2013; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural research; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Climbing plants; Community ecology; Decomposition; Dominant species; Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental aspects; Forest litter; Forests; Functional groups; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Leaf litter; Leaves; Life Sciences; Plant litter; Plant Physiology; Plant populations; Plant Sciences; Plant-soil relationships; Plants; Regular Article; Relative abundance; Soil ecology; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments; Species; Species composition; Trees; China; China, People's Rep; Climbing plants; Nonadditive effects; Litter decomposition; Species evenness; Plant functional group; Relative abundance; Litter; Decomposition; Plant leaf; Vegetative apparatus; Climbing vine; Evenness; Soil plant relation; Species; Functional group

Background and aims Climbing plants are increasing in dominance in the subtropical forests of South China and other areas around the world, altering patterns of plant dominance and evenness in community. We investigated how changes in species' identity and patterns of leaf litter evenness affec...