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Effects of soil fauna on litter decomposition in Chinese forests: a meta-analysis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
Litter quality and climate have been presumed to be the dominant factors regulating litter decomposition rates on broad spatial scales. However, the role of soil fauna on litter decomposition is poorly understood, despite the fact that it could strongly ...
Peng Zan, Zijun Mao, Tao Sun
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Incubation of ombrotrophic bog litter and mixtures of Sphagnum, Betula and Calluna results in the formation of single litter-specific decomposition patterns

Geoderma, 2023
Peat accumulation is the result of an imbalance between the biomass production and the reduced decomposition of organic matter, which has allowed peatlands to accumulate high levels of carbon over time.
Raphael Müller, Apoline Zahorka, Franz Holawe, Erich Inselsbacher, Stephan Glatzel   +4 more
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Design and analysis of laboratory experiments on aquatic plant litter decomposition [PDF]

, 2023
Microcosm studies are a useful tool when it comes to studying leaf litter decomposition but designing and analysing them can be a tricky path with many pitfalls.
Perkins, Daniel, Reiss, Julia, Bailey, R. A.   +2 more
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Effects of litter manipulation on litter decomposition in a successional gradients of tropical forests in southern China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Global changes such as increasing CO2, rising temperature, and land-use change are likely to drive shifts in litter inputs to forest floors, but the effects of such changes on litter decomposition remain largely unknown.
Hao Chen, Geshere A Gurmesa, Lei Liu, Tao Zhang, Shenglei Fu, Zhanfeng Liu, Shaofeng Dong, Chuan Ma, Jiangming Mo   +8 more
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Combined effects of water temperature, grazing snails and terrestrial herbivores on leaf decomposition in urban streams [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
The decomposition of organic matter in freshwaters, such as leaf litter, can affect global nutrient (e.g., carbon) cycling. This process can be influenced by fast urbanization through increased water temperature, reduced aquatic diversity and changed ...
Hongyong Xiang, Yixin Zhang, David Atkinson, Raju Sekar   +3 more
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Litter diversity accelerates labile carbon but slows recalcitrant carbon decomposition [PDF]

, 2022
In biodiverse ecosystems, leaf litter of different plant species decomposes in mixtures, for which decomposition rates notoriously deviate from that expected from monospecific treatments.
Zhou, Yu, Chen, Yamei, Zhang, Jian, Joly, François-Xavier, Liu, Yang, Wang, Lifeng, Xu, Zhenfeng   +6 more
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Plant litter decomposition as a tool for stream ecosystem assessment

, 2021
The decomposition of plant litter in freshwaters is an integrative process involving multiple organism groups and connecting terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems.
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet., Mckie, Brendan,   +1 more
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Changes in leaf litter decomposition of primary Korean pine forests after degradation succession into secondary broad‐leaved forests

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, Xiu‐Yue Zhang, Dan‐Dan Qi, Fu‐Juan Feng   +3 more
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The Role of Macroinvertebrates on Plant Litter Decomposition in Streams

, 2021
Macroinvertebrate detritivores (i.e., shredders) in freshwaters are often a main driver of decomposition rates of terrestrial plant litter. Yet, the extent to which shredders drive this process depends on the specific functional traits and species ...
Sponseller, Ryan A.,, Ryan A. Sponseller, Micael Jonsson, Jonsson, Micael,   +3 more
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Warming and leaf litter functional diversity, not litter quality, drive decomposition in a freshwater ecosystem

Scientific Reports, 2020
Environment, litter composition and decomposer community are known to be the main drivers of litter decomposition in aquatic ecosystems. However, it remains unclear whether litter quality or functional diversity prevails under warming conditions.
Gustavo H. Migliorini, Gustavo Q. Romero
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