Litter quality
Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude
... high litter quality; or vice versa), and whether such syndromes might be determined by environmental drivers or species’ phylogenetic ...(i) litter trait variation would be closely related to ...
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Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude
... riparian litter quality at the global scale, encompass- ing 151 riparian plant species (Supplementary Table S1) from 24 sites on six continents, spanning 107° of latitude and a wide climatic gradient ...
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Estimates of Variance Components for Genetic Correlations Among Swine Litter Quality Traits
... quantifying litter size have been evaluated as an alternative to TNB (Su et ...for litter size at day 5 in Danish herds reduced piglet mortality by ...increasing litter size was maximized by focusing ...
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Invasive N-fixer impacts on litter decomposition driven by changes to soil properties not litter quality
... as litter decomposition (Liao and others 2008; Vila` and others 2011), which is a crucial part of bio- logically important nutrient ...on litter decomposition ...
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Short and long term influence of litter quality and quantity on simulated heterotrophic soil respiration in a lowland tropical forest
... Leaf litter L:Cs ratio Aboveground litter production from 4 litter traps Fine root lignin content of 16 tree species Fine root nitrogen content of 16 tree species Fine root structural ca[r] ...
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Microbial and abiotic controls on mineral-associated organic matter in soil profiles along an ecosystem gradient
... cycle. Litter decom- position with subsequent microbial assimilation as well as direct sorption processes have been proposed as major drivers of carbon allocation to mineral-organic associations, especially in ...
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Grazing increases litter decomposition rate but decreases nitrogen release rate in an alpine meadow
... into litter quality changes and long-term shifts in plant community ...high-quality litter (Holland and Detling, 1990; Sirotnak and Huntly, 2000; Olofsson and Oksanen, 2002; Semmartin et ...
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Are low producing plants sequestering carbon at a geater rate than high producing plants? : a test within the genus Chionochloa : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... of litter decomposition. The triangular relationship between climate, litter quality, and litter decomposition suggests that whilst low-producing plants fix C at a slower rate than high- ...
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Modeling the effects of litter stoichiometry and soil mineral N availability on soil organic matter formation using CENTURY-CUE (v1.0)
... on litter decay rate improve pre- diction of litter decomposition when using a modified ver- sion of the CENTURY model (denoted as ...able litter quality (stoichiometry) and mineral N ...
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Litter decomposition rate and soil organic matter quality in a patchwork heathland of southern Norway
... of litter inside mesh bags may actually change its overall decomposition rate and its C and N percent concentrations compared to non-bagged substrate (Berhe, ...slackening litter decomposition, appeared, ...
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Are low producing plants sequestering carbon at a geater rate than high producing plants? : a test within the genus Chionochloa : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... and litter quality include taxa from vastly different phylogenies and functional groups, resulting in genotypic differences that may have a greater influence than environment (Bradley and Pregitzer, ...and ...
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Soil compaction effects upon litter decomposition in an arable field and implications for management of crop residues and headlands
... and quality of organic matter returned 89 to the system (Fierer et ...the quality of primary organic matter 93 entering soil systems and therefore its capability to modify the soil community and its 94 ...
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Forest soil carbon stock estimates in a nationwide inventory: evaluating performance of the ROMULv and Yasso07 models in Finland
... the litter input according to the litter solubility was species spe- cific and followed that of Finnish GHG inventory, based on the appendix of the Yasso07 manual by Liski et ...defines litter ...
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Contrasting patterns of litterfall seasonality and seasonal changes in litter decomposability in a tropical rainforest region
... of litter quality are more important in affecting seasonal changes in litter decomposability than other litter variables ...increased litter recalcitrance in the dry season ...senesced, ...
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Effects of Nitrogen Addition on the Mixed Litter Decomposition in Stipa baicalensis Steppe in Inner Mongolia
... tissues litter had different response to N ...effect. Litter initial chemical com- position was the key factor for the mixed effects, and the difference of initial chemical composition between ad- jacent ...
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Effect of Feed Quality, Feed Additives and Litter Amendments in a Turkey Antibiotic Free program on Performance and Health
... feed quality, enzyme efficiency, and poult growth performance ...Crumbles quality in this study is defined as the amount or percentage of fines in the crumbles offered to the ...
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The influence of litter age, litter temperature and ventilation rate on ammonia emissions from a broiler rearing facility
... 2005). Litter moisture, which is mainly influenced by the ventilation and drinking system management, may affect the con- version rate of uric acid to ammonium nitrogen (Liu et ...by litter age, ...
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Differences Of Basidiomycotina Types In Natural Forest Arboretum Gardens Unmul Samarinda
... the litter on the floor of the forest such as the stalks of dead trees and leaves, this is because Transect 3 has the type of environment suitable for Basidiomycotina fungi that grow on litter or deadwood ...
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The quality comparison of eggs laid by laying hens kept in battery cages and in a deep litter system
... viewpoint of stock economics, ammonia emission, egg quality and farmer welfare. Duncan (2001) analysed advantages and disadvantages of battery cage systems. He considered the low incidence of diseases, low ...
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Effect of genotype, sex and litter size on growth and basic traits of carcass quality of light lambs
... crossing with the special meat breeds. In this regard the ewes of Romanov breed are most frequently crossed with Suff olk sires in the CR. The growth of diff erent crossbreds with Romanov breed in CR was evaluated by ...
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