Litter breakdown and invertebrate association with three types of leaves in a temperate rainforest stream

By J. Richardson, C. Shaughnessy, P. G. Harrison. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry

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1. Yiqi Luo
2. J. Richardson
3. John S. Kominoski
4. A. Rosemond

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2. J. Richardson
3. John S. Kominoski
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Citations in the corpus

• Conservation from the bottom up: forecasting effects of global change on dynamics of organic matter and management needs for river networks (2011, background): “These losses probably will lead to greater autochthony and increased breakdown rates if conifers are replaced by deciduous tree species because deciduous litter is of higher quality (Richardson et al. 2004).”
• A Synthesis of the Ecology of Headwater Streams and their Riparian Zones in Temperate Forests (2007, background): “Much of what we know about organic matter dynamics in small streams has focused on deciduous leaf litter, with very few studies that include coniferous leaf litter other than pine needles (Richardson et al. 2004).”
• Leaf litter traits predominantly control litter decomposition in streams worldwide (2018, background): “At the 50% breakdown point, leaf lit‐ ter is most palatable to shredders, and shredder feeding is expected to be maximal (Cummins, Wilzbach, Gates, Perry, & Taliaferro, 1989; Richardson et al., 2004).”