Leaf economics traits predict litter decomposition of tropical plants and differ among land use types

By Maartje Anne Bakker, Geovana Carreño‐Rocabado, Lourens Poorter. 2011

182 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. Peter B. Reich
2. J. H. C. Cornelissen
3. I. Wright
4. D. Peltzer
5. William K. Cornwell
6. David A. Wardle
7. Joseph M. Craine
8. Josep Peñuelas

In Plant Science

1. Peter B. Reich
2. I. Wright
3. Joseph M. Craine
4. D. Peltzer
5. David A. Wardle
6. J. H. C. Cornelissen
7. Josep Peñuelas
8. William K. Cornwell

Citations in the corpus

• Global relationship of wood and leaf litter decomposability: the role of functional traits within and across plant organs (2014, background): “High specific leaf area (SLA) and low tissue density can directly speed up litter decay via a high surface-to-volume ratio and fragility or indirectly via their correlation with the aforementioned chemical properties (Quested et al., 2007; Bakker et al., 2011).”
• From plant functional types to plant functional traits (2015, result): “SLA has exhibited a positive effect on decomposition rates in previous research (Allison and Vitousek, 2004; Bakker et al., 2011).”