Plant litter decomposition
Effect of inhibitors on Zygophyllum dumosum plant litter decomposition
... to decomposition processes was studied by elimination of specific biotic elements using chemical ...the decomposition of leaves treated with Nemacur or Edigan indicated a loss of about ten per- cent mass ...
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Initial Soil Organic Matter Content Influences the Storage and Turnover of Litter, Root and Soil Carbon in Grasslands
... The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization MEMS framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic[r] ...
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Comparing litter dynamics of Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora in a sub-tropical Chinese estuary: Contrasts in early and late decomposition
... three-phased decomposition process after the litter collapsed to the sediment surface: (1) the early phase lasting less than a month when 5-40% of the litter was lost, (2) a slower phase lasting up ...
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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 plant productivity, but also on the rate of litter ...climate, litter quality, and litter decomposition suggests that whilst low-producing plants fix C at a slower rate than high- ...
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Effects of urea treatment on litter decomposition in Pasania edulis forest soil
... to litter decomposition, especially 6 weeks after the urea ...on litter decomposition, fungi were still considered to play an impor- tant role in the decomposition of ...
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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 gradients in ...
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The taxonomy, zoogeography and aspects of the ecology of the terrestrial amphipods (Amphipoda: Talitridae) of Tasmania
... LITTER FALL AND DECOMPOSITION A study of organic input to the forest floor at the Anglers Creek study site.. Section 6.1 Introduction.[r] ...
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Litter Decomposition and Soluble Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Release in a Forest Ecosystem
... DOC decomposition is vari- able and depends on the C source quality and structure (sugars, proteins, phenols, tannins ...decrease decomposition and depolymeri- sation rates [9-15] reported that about 10 to ...
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The ecological impact of recreation in British temperate woodlands
... Appendix 2.4 - Mean plant cover %, bare ground cover %, leaf litter cover %, leaf litter depth cm, soil penetrative resistance kg cm-2, plant height cm, visitor numbers per year, pH, org[r] ...
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The role of earthworms in nitrogen release from herbage residues : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science in Soil Science at Massey University
... "Biological" soil fertility involves nutrient release by decomposition of pasture litter and mineralisation of resident organic matter... Consideration of this complex topic, as it relat[r] ...
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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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Short Term Field Decomposition and Physico Chemical Transformation of Jatropha Pod Biochar in Acidic Mineral Soil
... short-term decomposition was investigated by using a litter bag study and decomposition data were best fitted by a hyperbolic decay model compared to an exponential decay model be- cause no ...
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Litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in temperate forest of Kumaun region
... leaves litter, results in independence of the ecosystem with respect to soil and also a possibility of managing the available elements in timed way 42 ...including plant growth, Plant species, ...
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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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Litterfall and leaf decomposition in Nothofagus pumilio forests along an altitudinal gradient in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
... leaf litter bags as a percentage of the initial content al- lowed for the determination of net N and P dynamics (Santa Regina et ...ter decomposition showed an increase in N content related to litter ...
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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
... the decomposition of simple litters and mixtures of Harungana madagascariens, Vitellaria paradoxa and Syzygium guineense ...of decomposition, half time and the nutrient release in the soil were ...of ...
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Co-occurrence patterns of litter decomposing communities in mangroves indicate a robust community resistant to disturbances
... of litter degradation and decomposition is closely linked to organic matter lability (Kristensen et ...In litter decomposition, the interactions between complementary microbes is required for ...
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Leaching and decomposition of mountain beech litter (Nothofagus solandri: Fagaceae) in a mountain stream
... fallen litter was collected in litter-fall traps placed around the margins of the stream, and water-soaked litter was collected from the stream ...on litter samples, full spectrum antibiotics ...
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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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Fine Roots of Parashorea chinensis Decompose Slower than Twigs
... of litter material, and they found that across the three different sizes they used, roots decomposed slower than twigs ...the decomposition rate of twigs and roots might arise for several ...limits ...
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