Warming and leaf litter functional diversity, not litter quality, drive decomposition in a freshwater ecosystem [PDF]
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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Effects of litter quality on foraging behaviour and demographic parameters in Folsomia candida (Collembola) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Litter quality has long been associated with demographic parameters of Collembola populations. However, little is known about the capacity of Collembola to perceive and seek better litter quality.
Karolina Argote +4 more
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Microbial and mineral interactions decouple litter quality from soil organic matter formation [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsCurrent understanding of soil carbon dynamics suggests that plant litter quality and soil mineralogy control the formation of mineral-associated soil organic carbon (SOC).
Dafydd M. O. Elias +14 more
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Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 AbstractPlant litter represents a major basal resource in streams, where its decomposition is partly regulated by litter traits. Litter-trait variation may determine the latitudinal gradient in decomposition in streams, which is mainly microbial in the tropics and detritivore-mediated at high latitudes.
Boyero L +31 more
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Effects of Using Effective Microorganisms (EMs) and Zeolite on the Development of Productivity and Air and Litter Quality in Broiler Chicken Rearing [PDF]
AnimalsThe growing greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production are increasing the pressure on poultry producers to use practices that reduce the environmental impact of farms, mainly by reducing ammonia emissions.
Ewa Sosnówka-Czajka +4 more
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Plant Litter Trait Variation Between Native and Invasive Species Across Steep Climate Gradients in the Hawaiian Islands [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionOceanic islands have high biodiversity, which is severely threatened by invasive species. Functional traits serve as a framework to investigate invasive‐native dynamics, but most studies investigating native‐invasive plant functional trait differences on
Manichanh Satdichanh +4 more
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Linkages between plant litter decomposition, litter quality, and vegetation responses to herbivores [PDF]
Functional Ecology, 2002 Summary There is increasing awareness that similar suites of plant traits may govern foliage palatability and litter decomposability, but whether there is an association between the response of vegetation to herbivory and litter decomposition rates across plant species remains unexplored.
David A Wardle, Gary M Barker
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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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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 +3 more
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Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023 Cellulose and lignin are the principal constituents of plant litter, and their degradation plays an important role in the maintaining the soil carbon balance in terrestrial ecosystems. Yet, our knowledge of the responses of litter mass loss and cellulose
Bo Chen +19 more
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