Litter Mixing Alters Microbial Decomposer Community to Accelerate Tomato Root Litter Decomposition [PDF]
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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Litter mixing promoted decomposition and altered microbial community in common bean root litter [PDF]
BMC Microbiology, 2023 Background Decomposition of plant litter is a key driver of carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Mixing litters of different plant species may alter the decomposition rate, but its effect on the microbial decomposer community in plant ...
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Litter mixing promoted decomposition rate through increasing diversities of phyllosphere microbial communities [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Decomposition of forest litter is an essential process for returning nutrients to the soil, which is crucial for preserving soil fertility and fostering the regular biological cycle and nutrient balance of the forest ecosystem.
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Leaf litter mixtures alter microbial community development: mechanisms for non-additive effects in litter decomposition. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 To what extent microbial community composition can explain variability in ecosystem processes remains an open question in ecology. Microbial decomposer communities can change during litter decomposition due to biotic interactions and shifting substrate ...
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Litter mixture decomposition enhances the accumulation of soil active carbon and nitrogen in an alpine grassland [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyLitter is an important hinge connecting plants and soil, and its decomposition is a crucial process of nutrient cycling. However, the litter mixing effects (ME) on main functions related to soil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) cycling ...
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Rainfall distribution variability controls surface but not belowground litter decomposition in a semi-arid shrubland [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionRainfall patterns are expected to become increasingly erratic as a result of global climate change, with more intense but less frequent rainfall events leading to an increased occurrence of drought events. This process may lead to significant
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Root mixing effects on belowground decomposition depend on mycorrhizal type [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsWhile there has been significant progress in understanding how species mixing affects leaf litter decomposition, the consequences for belowground root decomposition remains less known.
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Effects of warming and litter positions on litter decomposition in a boreal peatland
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Litter decomposition is an important source of carbon accumulation in the permafrost peatlands. Climate warming has led to shrub expansions and accelerated litter mixing with soils and fluctuations in the water table.
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Non-Additive effects on decomposition from mixing litter of the invasive Mikania micrantha H.B.K. with native plants. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 A common hypothesis to explain the effect of litter mixing is based on the difference in litter N content between mixed species. Although many studies have shown that litter of invasive non-native plants typically has higher N content than that of native
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Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2023 Soil fauna, including terrestrial isopods, millipedes and earthworms, play an important role in the decomposition of litter through the process of shredding it during consumption.
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