Interspecific differences in wood decay rates: insights from a new short-term method to study long-term wood decomposition

Freschet, Gregoire; Weedon, James T.; Aerts, Rien; van Hal, Jurgen R.; Cornelissen, Johannes H. C.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01896.x

Abstract

1. While the importance of wood decay for the global carbon balance is widely recognized, surprisingly little is known about its long-term dynamics and its abiotic and biotic drivers. Progress in this field is hindered by the long time-scales inherent to the low decay rates of wood and the lack of short-term methods to assess long-term decomposition dynamics in standardized field conditions.

Published in

Journal of Ecology
2012, volume: 100, number: 1, pages: 161-170

SLU Authors

Freschet, Gregoire
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01896.x

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/40998