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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, Cecile H. Albert, Benoît Geslin, Charlotte Biryol, Mathieu Santonja   +4 more
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Microbial and mineral interactions decouple litter quality from soil organic matter formation [PDF]

Nature Communications
Current 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, Kelly E. Mason, Tim Goodall, Ashley Taylor, Pengzhi Zhao, Alba Otero-Fariña, Hongmei Chen, Caroline L. Peacock, Nicholas J. Ostle, Robert Griffiths, Pippa J. Chapman, Joseph Holden, Steve Banwart, Niall P. McNamara, Jeanette Whitaker   +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, Graça MAS, Tonin AM, Pérez J, J Swafford A, Ferreira V, Landeira-Dabarca A, A Alexandrou M, Gessner MO, McKie BG, Albariño RJ, Barmuta LA, Callisto M, Chará J, Chauvet E, Colón-Gaud C, Dudgeon D, Encalada AC, Figueroa R, Flecker AS, Fleituch T, Frainer A, Gonçalves JF, Helson JE, Iwata T, Mathooko J, M'Erimba C, Pringle CM, Ramírez A, Swan CM, Yule CM, Pearson RG.   +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]

Animals
The 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, Iwona Skomorucha, Dorota Wojtysiak, Magdalena E. Skalska, Patrycja Adamczyk   +4 more
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Soil legacy effects of long-term nitrogen addition on litter decomposition and soil CO2 efflux in a subtropical grassland: a short-term incubation study [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
Litter decomposition is a key process in carbon (C) and nutrient cycling, but how nitrogen (N) addition affects decomposition via soil properties versus altered litter quality remains unclear. We conducted a 30-day laboratory incubation using litter from
Chang Liu, Chang Liu, Ruifen Zhu, Ruifen Zhu, Bo Yao, Bo Yao, Jishan Chen, Jishan Chen   +7 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.
Gary M Barker, David Wardle
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Trade-Offs and Driving Factors of Microbial Carbon and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Typical Forest Ecosystems of Funiu Mountain [PDF]

Microorganisms
Soil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) are fundamental parameters governing organic matter turnover in terrestrial ecosystems, yet how forest type-driven variation in litter quality propagates through the litter–soil–
Yadong Xu, Yiran Lai, Luotong Zhao, Shujuan Guo, Tianfu Han   +4 more
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Effect of temperature and litter quality on decomposition rate of Pinus patula needle litter

Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2011
AbstractThis study examined the mass loss and CO2 production from Pinus patula (Schlecht et Cham) leaf litter collected from fertilized plots in the Mpumalanga Province. Litter decomposition increased with increasing temperature. Warming between 15 and 18°C significantly increased the amount of CO2 emissions from the litter.
Mary C Scholes
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Litter C and N losses at different decomposition stages of Robinia pseudoacacia: The weaker effects of soil enzyme activities compared with those of litter quality and the soil environment

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, Xiaoyue Zhu, Yaobin Wang, Shenglin Mao, Zhouping Shangguan   +4 more
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