Lagerström, Anna
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2013Peer reviewed
Decoupled responses of tree and shrub leaf and litter trait values to ecosystem retrogression across an island area gradient
Lagerström, Anna; Nilsson Hegethorn, Marie-Charlotte; Wardle, David
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.
Keywords
Decomposition; Ecosystemdevelopment; Plant traits; Retrogression; Succession
Published in
Plant and Soil
2013, Volume: 367, number: 1-2, pages: 183-197
Publisher: SPRINGER
Nilsson Hegethorn, Marie-Charlotte
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Wardle, David
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Forest Science
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1159-x
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/52612