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SUBMITTER: Peguero G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6742996 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peguero Guille G Sardans Jordi J Asensio Dolores D Fernández-Martínez Marcos M Gargallo-Garriga Albert A Grau Oriol O Llusià Joan J Margalef Olga O Márquez Laura L Ogaya Romà R Urbina Ifigenia I Courtois Elodie A EA Stahl Clément C Van Langenhove Leandro L Verryckt Lore T LT Richter Andreas A Janssens Ivan A IA Peñuelas Josep J
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20190904 1910
Soil fauna is a key control of the decomposition rate of leaf litter, yet its interactions with litter quality and the soil environment remain elusive. We conducted a litter decomposition experiment across different topographic levels within the landscape replicated in two rainforest sites providing natural gradients in soil fertility to test the hypothesis that low nutrient availability in litter and soil increases the strength of fauna control over litter decomposition. We crossed these data w ...[more]