Leaf litter decomposition rates increase with rising mean annual temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane wet forests
- Author:
- Bothwell, Lori D., Giardina, Christian P., Litton, Creighton M., Selmants, Paul C.
- Title:
- Leaf litter decomposition rates increase with rising mean annual temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane wet forests
- Periodical:
- PeerJ
- Year:
- 2014
- Volume:
- 2:e685
- Pages:
- 12 p.
- Subject:
- Ecology Metrosideros polymorpha Rain forest ecology Hawaii Island
- Summary:
- The authors tested the effect of rising mean annual temperature on leaf litter decomposition rates along the eastern flank of Mauna Kea volcano on 9 20x20 m plots with mature Metrosideros polymorpha forests. The results showed that decomposition rates increased by 0.21x10sup(-3)/d for each 1 C degree increase in MAT. In other words, leaf litter residence time decreased by 31 days for each 1 C degree increase in MAT.
- Label:
- Ecology - Rain Forests
- URL:
- https://peerj.com/articles/685/
- Collection:
- Periodicals