Abstract:Studies from the past two decades indicate the important role of functional diversity and litter identity as a determining factor in decomposition. So far, researchers have search to understand the effects of litter diversity in opposite environmental contexts, in which the abiotic pathway prevails over the biotic pathway. We search to test the effects of the functional diversity of litter on decomposition in areas under vegetation (i.e., more favorable to biological decomposition), and in areas exposed to the… Show more
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