Palatability of selected alpine plant litters for the decomposer Lumbricus rubellus (Lumbricidae).
On alpine pastureland the decline in large-bodied earthworm numbers and biomass after abandonment of management might be the result of a shift from highly palatable grass litter to poorly digestible leaf litter of dwarf shrubs. To test this hypothesis, we analysed nitrogen, phosphorous and total phe...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012
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