Litter Decomposition
Preliminary evidence suggests that beech scale insect honeydew has a negative effect on terrestrial litter decomposition rates in Nothofagus forests of New Zealand
... leaf litter decomposition rates were significantly lower in areas with high ground cover of sooty mould fungus resulting from the high throughfall of scale insect honeydew to the forest ...increases ...
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Litter Decomposition Rate of Karst Ecosystem at Gunung Cibodas, Ciampea Bogor Indonesia
... of litter and litter decomposition rate in karst ...Bogor. Litter productivity measurement performed using litter-trap method and litter-bag method was used to know the rate of ...
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Grazing increases litter decomposition rate but decreases nitrogen release rate in an alpine meadow
... Abstract. Litter decomposition and N release are the key processes that strongly determine the nutrient cycling at the soil–plant interface; however, how these processes are af- fected by grazing or grazing ...
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Litter Decomposition and Soluble Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Release in a Forest Ecosystem
... by litter specie and soil ...to litter decomposition and the relati- vely minor contribution of the soils to the DOC pulses, upland treated soils released greater DOC concentrations than wetland ...
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Effects of urea treatment on litter decomposition in Pasania edulis forest soil
... moted decomposition of branches, but inhibited decompo- sition of ...the decomposition rate of leaves was lower than that of branches, and the decomposition rate of large branches was greater than ...
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Effect of litter mixture on litter decomposition and nutrient release of three agroforestry species in Sudano-Guinean savannah of Ngadoundere, Adamawa Cameroon
... Litter decomposition involves the mineralization and humification of lignin and cellulose by microorganisms paired simultaneously with the leaching of soluble compounds that allow nitrogen and carbon (and ...
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Litter decomposition rate and soil organic matter quality in a patchwork heathland of southern Norway
... Litter decomposition was determined in situ using the lit- terbag technique. Recently formed aboveground biomass of Calluna, Molinia and Sphagnum (approximately the top 5 cm), were collected at the end of ...
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Impacts of land-use intensification on litter decomposition in western Kenya
... of litter bags is known to influence decompo- sition dynamics by controlling different size classes of the decomposer community (Schädler and Brandl, ...in litter bags with a large than small mesh size, ...
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Effects of Nitrogen Addition on the Mixed Litter Decomposition in Stipa baicalensis Steppe in Inner Mongolia
... of litter decomposition ...impact litter production and de- caying rate ...of litter decomposi- ...affect litter decomposition and cause long term chronic effects on the nutrient ...
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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON LITTER DECOMPOSITION, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF DIFFERENT TREE CANOPY SOIL
... leaf litter breakdown and nutrient release in different tree plantation ecosystems, such as Sapindus laurifolia, Hydnocarpus wightiana, Santalum album, Tectona grandis, Swietenia macrophylla, Dillenia indica, ...
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Litter decomposition and nutrient release pattern in two nitrogen fixing shrubs (Flemingia macrophylla and Tephrosia candida) growing in SALT farm in Lunglei district of Mizoram
... of decomposition and nu- trient release as compared to the branch and leaves of the ...that decomposition and nutrient supply is also contributed greatly by root decom- position in addition to leaf ...
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Leaf traits drive plant diversity effects on litter decomposition and FPOM production in streams
... leaf litter decomposition in stream ...on decomposition, and there is currently no explanation for such inconsistent ...to decomposition, such as fine particulate organic matter production or ...
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Patterns of Leaf Litter Decomposition as Related to Litter Traits in the Sudano-Guinea Savannahs of Ngaoundere, Cameroon
... other litter decomposition studies, the range of variation in initial physical and chemical traits in the litters in this study was at least of the same order of magnitude, exception of the results of ...
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Nutrient limitation or home field advantage: does microbial community adaptation overcome nutrient limitation of litter decomposition in a tropical peatland?
... Nitrogen availability limited leaf litter decomposition under anoxic conditions, suggesting environmental and litter chemistry controls of nutrient limitation... Litter decomposition was[r] ...
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Soil compaction effects upon litter decomposition in an arable field and implications for management of crop residues and headlands
... of litter bags used in the decomposition experiment enabled conclusions to be drawn about the effects of mi- crobial communities and larger soil fauna on decomposition since the large mesh size ...
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Litter decomposition and nutrient release in Pinus radiata plantations
... sampling only in unthirmcd stands and only at an age where an equilibrium between litter fall and litter decomposition rates had been achieved. However, this is clearly impossible in forests which ...
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Litter Decomposition Rate of Avicennia marina and Rhizophora apiculata in Pulau Dua Nature Reserve, Banten
... Litter decomposition rate is useful method to determine forest fertility ...sure decomposition rate of litters from Avicennia marina and Rhizophora apiculata forest in Pulau Dua Banten, and analyze ...
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Impact of land-use change in mountain semi-dry meadows on plants, litter decomposition and earthworms
... biomass, litter decomposition (tea bag index), and earthworm species richness and density were ...Additionally, decomposition rate was higher in abandoned ...
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Invasive N-fixer impacts on litter decomposition driven by changes to soil properties not litter quality
... including litter decomposition rates, following high-density broom removal, suggests this may be an effective management ...in decomposition rates and increases in ecosystem N pools and fluxes ...
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Interactions between Two Fungi Strains during Litter Decomposition through a Microcosm Experiment: Different Degradative Enzyme Activities
... accelerate litter decomposition rates duo to their mutual cooperation according to the results of this ...and litter decomposition [26], which Morin attributed to greater numbers of functional ...
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