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Leaf structure and defence control litter decomposition rate across species and life forms in regional floras on two continents

Authors:	JOHANNES H. C. CORNELISSEN,NATALIA PÉ REZ-HARGUINDEGUY,SANDRA DÍ AZ,J. PHILIP GRIME,BARBARA MARZANO,MARCELO CABIDO,FERNANDA VENDRAMINI,& BRUNO CERABOLINI

Affiliation:	Sheffield Centre for Arctic Ecology, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University, 26 Taptonville Road, Sheffield S10 5BR, UK; Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Casilla de Correo 495, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina; Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK; V. Asti 16, 14036 Moncalvo AT, Italy; Universitàdegli Studi Milano, III Facoltàdi Scienze, Via Ravasi 2, 21100 Varese, Italy; Author for correspondence (tel. +44 114 2220130;fax +44 114 268 2521;e-mail;).

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Keywords:	decomposition functional type herbivory leaf lifespan leaf palatability litter mass loss SLA leaf toughness