leaf litter
Degradation of Leaf Litter of five Tree Species by Perionyx excavatus with Relation to their Nutrient and Anti-Nutrient Content
... of leaf litter. A relationship between litter characteristics and their palatability by soil fauna has been reported by several authors [5, ...certain litter type over others and palatability ...
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Invasive alien shredders clear up invasive alien leaf litter
... lochthonous leaf litter that could be novel to the ecosystem either in quantity or in quality (Hladyz, Åbjörnsson, Giller, & Woodward, 2011; Hladyz, Gessner, Giller, Pozo, & Woodward, ...ecosystems. ...
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Removal of malachite green from aqueous solution using pulverized teak leaf litter: equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies
... TLL was collected from a monoculture teak planta- tion at Navrongo, north-eastern Ghana. The sample was washed continuously with large volume of tap water until the wash water was colorless and finally rinsed with dis- ...
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Leaf-litter overyielding in a forest biodiversity experiment in subtropical China
... soil litter layer also mediates larger-scale hydrology by buffering water ...The litter layer reduces run-off after precipitation, and this effect has been reported at the watershed-scale in a litter ...
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Urban-induced changes in tree leaf litter accelerate decomposition
... that leaf litter quality plays a crucial role in the accelerated decomposition of litter originat- ing from urban habitats, and litter quality has been pos- tulated as a dominant factor of ...
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Distribution of Myxomycetes on Varied Leaf Litter Types in a Mixed Forest in Warm Temperate Western Japan
... Species richness and diversity of foliicolous myxomycetes peaked in mixed evergreen/deciduous forests (Ta- kahashi, 2013). The present study assessed five vegetation patches in a mixed forest, along approximately 300 m ...
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The effect of mixtures on colonisation of leaf litter decomposing in a stream and at its riparian zone
... observed litter-diversity effects on mass loss and nitrogen dynamics include fungi-driven nu- trient transfer among litter species, inhibition or stimulation of microorganisms by specific litter ...
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RAPD Analysis of Leaf Litter Associated Bacterial Population From Canal, Kollemcode
... The bacterial isolates were isolated from leaf litter by serial dilution agar plating method. After the incubation, serially diluted agar plated samples showed seven different types of bacterial isolates ...
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EFFECT OF THE INSECTICIDE MONOCROTOPHOS ON HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES OF LEAF LITTER FUNGI OF TOBACCO
... and leaf litter ...concentrations. Litter from monocil treated leaves had comparatively fewer species than untreated ...on litter originating from leaves treated with ...
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Soil macrofauna in relation to soil and leaf litter properties in tree plantations
... and leaf litter properties, richness showed its highest correlation (R = ...with leaf litter ...with leaf litter mass while using soil organ- ic carbon and leaf ...
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Ligninolytic and leaf litter degrading mushrooms from the Philippines with antioxidant activities
... a leaf-litter-degrading mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) from the Philippines were evaluated in vitro for their antioxidant ...and leaf-litter-degrading mushrooms from the Philippines exhibited ...
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Vermicomposting of green Eucalyptus leaf litter by Eisenia foetida and Eudrilus eugenia
... has become significant to sustain healthy environment. Vermicomposting has become a suitable substitute for the safe, hygienic and cost effective disposal of organic solid wastes. Earthworms decompose organic waste ...
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Effect of Leaf Litter Treatment on Soil Microbial Biomass
... Leaf litter of leguminous and non-leguminous tree species was collected from Humse-Dumse community forest of Jhapa ...fallen leaf litter of tree species (Table 1) was done randomly from the ...
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Patterns of Leaf Litter Decomposition as Related to Litter Traits in the Sudano-Guinea Savannahs of Ngaoundere, Cameroon
... savannahs. Leaf litter decomposition of the twenty-four contrasting plant species including trees, shrubs and grass species, was studied in the sudano-guinea savannahs of Ngaoundere, ...assess litter ...
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Genera of fungivorous Phlaeothripinae (Thysanoptera) from dead branches and leaf-litter in Australia
... of leaf-feeding species is also reasonably well delimited, the species having parallel-sided fore wings, no prosternal basantra, and antennal segments III and IV with one and three sensoria ...
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Title: Loss of total phenol in two shrub leaf litter species: the dual role of alpine forest gap disturbance
... Our hypothesis, i.e., that alpine forest gap formation would accelerate the total phenol loss during the winter and the later growing season while slowing the total phenol loss during the early growing season, was well ...
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ALLELOPATHIC EFFECT OF Eucalyptus camaldulensis L. ON SEED GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH OF mungbean Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek.
... the leaf litter of Eucalyptus in the field of Vigna radiata and other related genera could causes allelopathic effect on its seed germination, seedling growth and plant development which would result in ...
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Occurrence and distribution of kumaun himalayan aquatic hyphomycetes: tetracladium
... Geographical Distribution- This species of Tetracladium show a wide distribution as it has been recorded from various part of the world. Grove, 1912 from leaves of Angelica sylvestris, England (Ingold, 1942), California ...
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Leaf traits drive plant diversity effects on litter decomposition and FPOM production in streams
... as leaf litter decomposition ...[3]. Leaf litter is used by microbial decomposers and by invertebrate leaf-shredding detritivores, which incorporate the plant material into animal ...
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Mangrove Ecosystem Services: Indus Delta (PQA), Sindh
... of leaf litter to the marine environment, thus providing a highly nutritious food source for themselves and for the Benthic and terrestrial animals found in the mangrove areas, as well as for those in ...
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