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Breakdown of leaf litter in a neotropical stream [PDF]
Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 2002 We investigated the breakdown of 2 leaf species, Croton gossypifolius (Euphorbiaceae) and Clidemia sp. (Melastomataceae), in a 4th-order neotropical stream (Andean Mountains, southwestern Colombia) using leaf bags over a 6-wk period. We determined the initial leaf chemical composition and followed the change in content of organic matter, C, N, and ...
Mathuriau, Catherine, Chauvet, Eric
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Leaf litter decomposition rates increase with rising mean annual temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane wet forests [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Decomposing litter in forest ecosystems supplies nutrients to plants, carbon to heterotrophic soil microorganisms and is a large source of CO2 to the atmosphere.
Lori D. Bothwell +3 more
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Biology, 2022 Plant leaf litter decomposition is directly influenced by the identity of the source plants and the leaf age. Defoliation of forests by tropical cyclones (TC) transfers copious amounts of high-quality green leaf litter to soils.
Charles A. Paulino, Thomas E. Marler
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Forest degradation succession often leads to changes in forest ecosystem functioning. Exactly how the decomposition of leaf litter is affected in a disturbed forest remains unknown.
Yan‐Mei Fu +3 more
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Mineralisation, leaching and stabilisation of 13C-labelled leaf and twig litter in a beech forest soil [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2011 Very few field studies have quantified the different pathways of C loss from decomposing litter even though the partitioning of C fluxes is essential to understand soil C dynamics.
F. Hagedorn, A. Kammer
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Litter decomposition promotes soil carbon and nitrogen cycling and is driven by litter quality, the soil environment and enzyme activities. The relative importance of these factors may change during the litter decomposition, however, very few studies ...
Zhuoxia Su +4 more
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Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology, 2016 The sandwich method is a reliable screening bioassay that can be utilized to investigate allelopathic activity of leaf litter leachates. Screening the allelopathic potential of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) leaf litter in plant–plant interaction ...
Arnia Sari Mukaromah +2 more
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Evolutionary Position and Leaf Toughness Control Chemical Transformation of Litter, and Drought Reinforces This Control: Evidence from a Common Garden Experiment across 48 Species. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Plant leaf litter is an important source of soil chemicals that are essential for the ecosystem and changes in leaf litter chemical traits during decomposition will determine the availability of multiple chemical elements recycling in the ecosystem ...
Xu Pan +11 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Plant litter is not only the major component of terrestrial ecosystem net productivity, the decomposition of which is also an important process for the returns of elements, including sodium (Na) and aluminum (Al), which can be beneficial or toxic for ...
Yiqing Wang +6 more
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“Blooming” of litter-mixing effects: the role of flower and leaf litter interactions on decomposition in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems [PDF]
BiogeosciencesThe diversity effect on decomposition, through the litter-mixing effects plays a central role in determining the nutrient and carbon dynamics in ecosystems. However, the litter-mixing effects are centered on a leaf litter perspective.
M. I. G. D. Alencar +6 more
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