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- Title
The litter stratum in the streamside forest ecosystem.
- Authors
Bell, D. T.; Sipp, S. K.
- Abstract
The litter stratum of the streamside forest ecosystem in Robert Allerton Park, Piatt County, Illinois, is described in relation to biotic and environmental gradients resulting from the flooding regime of the Sangamon River. Composition, structure, and distribution of several components of the litter layer were determined at vertical increments of 0.304 m over an elevational gradient from near the river edge Into upland, unflooded areas. A gradient of potential available energy source for decomposer organisms was determined from leaf litter components and caloric values. Special emphasis was placed on determining the relationship between the physical structure of the litter gradient and potential available habitat for litter-dwellin ginvertebrate populations and decomposer organisms.
- Subjects
SANGAMON River (Ill.); ILLINOIS; BIOTIC communities; FOREST litter; HABITATS; INVERTEBRATES
- Publication
Oikos, 1975, Vol 26, Issue 3, p391
- ISSN
0030-1299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3543512