Bidirectional Regulatory Effects of Warming and Winter Snow Changes on Litter Decomposition in Desert Ecosystems [PDF]
PlantsTemperature and precipitation are the primary factors restricting litter decomposition in desert ecosystems. The desert ecosystems in Central Asia are ecologically fragile regions, and the climate shows a trend of “warm and wet” due to the regional ...
Yangyang Jia +9 more
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Beech Leaf Disease Associated With Changes in Litter Decomposition and Fungal Communities [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionForest pests and diseases may indirectly drive critical shifts in rates of litter decomposition, ultimately impacting carbon and nutrient cycling.
Brianna L. Shepherd +4 more
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Climate and litter traits affect the response of litter decomposition to soil fauna [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2023 Objectives Soil fauna plays a crucial role in contributing to litter breakdown, accelerating the decomposition rate and enhancing the biogeochemical cycle in terrestrial ecosystems.
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Dominant Tree Species and Litter Quality Govern Fungal Community Dynamics during Litter Decomposition [PDF]
Journal of FungiLitter decomposition is a crucial biochemical process regulated by microbial activities in the forest ecosystem. However, the dynamic response of the fungal community during litter decomposition to vegetation changes is not well understood.
Wenjing Meng +7 more
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Both evenness and dominant species identity have effects on litter decomposition [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionExploring how interactions between species evenness and dominant species identity affect litter decomposition processes is vital to understanding the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the context of global changes. We carried
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Litter Mixing Alters Microbial Decomposer Community to Accelerate Tomato Root Litter Decomposition
Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Mixing plant litters of multiple species can alter litter decomposition, a key driver of carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Changes in microbial decomposer communities is proposed as one of the mechanisms explaining this litter ...
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Differences in leaf and root litter decomposition in tropical montane rainforests are mediated by soil microorganisms not by decomposer microarthropods [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Plant litter decomposition is a key process in carbon and nutrient cycling. Among the factors determining litter decomposition rates, the role of soil biota in the decomposition of different plant litter types and its modification by ...
Laura M. Sánchez-Galindo +5 more
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Geoderma, 2023 Increases in stand age can significantly change litter and soil microenvironmental properties of plantations. However, how these factors change and by which pathways they act together to affect litter decomposition are not well understood. In this study,
Xiaoxi Zhang +5 more
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Litter decomposition by soil fauna: effect of land use in agroecosystems
Heliyon, 2021 Soil fauna plays a key role in organic matter decomposition. Litter decomposition depends on the relationships of soil fauna and microorganisms as well as climate and litter quality. The decomposer community is sensitive to land use.
M.T. Cassani +4 more
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Direct and indirect effects of UV-B exposure on litter decomposition: a meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) exposure in the course of litter decomposition may have a direct effect on decomposition rates via changing states of photodegradation or decomposer constitution in litter while UV-B exposure during growth periods may alter chemical ...
Xinzhang Song +4 more
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