Luitgard Schwendenmann

Dieback Disease Increases Short-Term Spatial Heterogeneity and Litterfall Inputs in Forests Dominated by a Long-Lived Foundation Species

Abstract Litterfall, a key ecosystem process linking vegetation dynamics, carbon flux, and nutrient cycling, can be substantially altered by disease. However, effects of disease on both its production and spatial distribution are not well understood. We examined the effects of a...