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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
europepmc   +16 more sources

The effect of microarthropods on litter decomposition depends on litter quality

European Journal of Soil Biology, 2016
Abstract Many studies have investigated whether microbiota has been adapted to decompose a given litter type but we have limited information about the specific role of microarthropods in litter decaying processes. This experiment studied functional redundancy of microarthropods in a litter decomposition system by interchanging mesofauna among three ...
Veronika Gergócs, Levente Hufnagel
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Regional contingencies in the relationship between aboveground biomass and litter in the world’s grasslands [PDF]

, 2013
Based on regional-scale studies, aboveground production and litter decomposition are thought to positively covary, because they are driven by shared biotic and climatic factors.
MacDougall, A.S., O'Halloran, Lydia, Borer, Elizabeth, Carly J. Stevens, Melbourne, B.A., MacDougall, Andrew S., Harpole W. Stan, Davies, Kendi, Chu, Chengjin, Elizabeth T. Borer, McCulley, R., Seabloom, E., Davies Kendi F., Chu, C.J., Orrock John L., Bakker, Jonathan D., Hagenah Nicole, Johannes M H Knops, Dunne, Guozhen, Davies, Kendi F., Suzanne M. Prober, Seabloom Eric W., O\u27Halloran, Lydia R., Harpole, W.S., W Stan Harpole, Borer, E.T., DeCrappeo, Nicole, Morgan, J.W., Johannes M. H. Knops, John L Orrock, Hobbie, S., Prober Suzanne M., Stevens, Carly J., Hagenah, Nicole, Du Guozhen, Knops, J., Knops Johannes M. H., Borer Elizabeth T., Andrew S MacDougall, Suzanne M Prober, Chu Chengjin, Orrock, John L., O’Halloran, Lydia R., Eric William Seabloom, Cleland Elsa E., Prober, Suzanne, MacDougall Andrew S., MacDougall, Andrew, Nicole Hagenah, Hofmockel, Kirsten, Hobbie Sarah, Prober, S., Hofmockel Kirsten S., John W. Morgan, Morgan John W., Cleland, Elsa, Du, Guozhen, Knops, Johannes, DeCrappeo, N.M., McCulley, Rebecca L., Elsa E. Clel, Firn Jennifer, Andrew S. Macdougall, Morgan, John W., Bakker Jonathan D., Kendi F. Davies, Rebecca L. Mcculley, Seabloom, Eric, Eric W Seabloom, Carly J Stevens, Sarah Hobbie, McCulley Rebecca L., Morgan, John, Elsa E Cleland, Wei Li, Harpole, W. Stanley, Prober, Suzanne M., Melbourne, Brett, DeCrappeo, Nicole M., Bakker, Jonathan, Orrock, J., Chengjin Chu, Firn, Jennifer, Kendi F Davies, Stevens Carly J., Rebecca L McCulley, Cleland, Elsa E., Brett A Melbourne, Jonathan D Bakker, Harpole, W., O’Halloran, L.R., Li Wei, Li, W., Li, Wei, Melbourne, Brett A., Jonathan D. Bakker, Hobbie, Sarah, Stevens, Carly, Eric W. Seabloom, John W Morgan, John L. Orrock, Lydia R O'Halloran, Orrock, John, Hagenah, N., Knops, Johannes M. H., Nicole M DeCrappeo, Brett A. Melbourne, Elizabeth T Borer, Guozhen Du, W. Stan Harpole, Kirsten S. Hofmockel, O’Halloran Lydia R., Cleland, E.E., Melbourne Brett A., Hofmockel, K., Lydia R. O’halloran, Borer, Elizabeth T., Jennifer Firn, Seabloom, Eric W., DeCrappeo Nicole M., McCulley, Rebecca, Kirsten S Hofmockel, Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Harpole, W. Stan   +123 more
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Effects of experimental fires on litter decomposition in a seasonally dry Amazonian forest. [PDF]

, 2009
Litter decomposition is a fundamental process for nutrient cycling but we have a limited understanding of this process in disturbed tropical forests. We studied litter decomposition over a 10-mo period in a seasonally dry Amazon forest in Mato Grosso ...
Krusche, Alex V., Balch, Jennifer K., Silveira, Juliana M., Barlow, Jos, Moutinho, Paulo, Orwin, Kate H.   +5 more
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Current Scenario and Perspectives for Nitrogen Fertilization Strategies on Tropical Perennial Grass Pastures: A Review

Agronomy, 2022
Traditional Nitrogen (N) fertilization practices for tropical perennial grass are still based on annual amounts, following flat N rates instalments. This strategy does not consider variations in climatic conditions along the growing season, their impacts
Lilian Elgalise Techio Pereira, Valdo Rodrigues Herling, Adriano Rogerio Bruno Tech   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Dorothee Sandmann, Franca Marian, Tobias Lauermann, Mark Maraun, Stefan Scheu   +5 more
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Bedding Management for Suppressing Particulate Matter in Cage-Free Hen Houses

AgriEngineering, 2023
Cage-free (CF) layer houses tend to have high particulate matter (PM) levels because of bedding/litter floor and the birds’ activities, such as perching, dustbathing, and foraging on it.
Ramesh Bahadur Bist, Prafulla Regmi, Darrin Karcher, Yangyang Guo, Amit Kumar Singh, Casey W. Ritz, Woo Kyun Kim, Deana R. Jones, Lilong Chai   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supplying Hydrogen Water to Ducks Did Not Influence Ammonia Content and Duck Litter Quality [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, 2022
Drinking hydrogen-rich water shows a remarkable antioxidant effect in preventive and therapeutic applications. However, there is no previous report and information on ammonia (NH3) production and duck litter quality when hydrogen water was supplied to ...
IH Choi, TH Chung
doaj   +1 more source

Litter quality and environmental controls of home‐field advantage effects on litter decomposition [PDF]

Oikos, 2014
The ‘home‐field advantage (HFA) hypothesis’ predicts that plant litter is decomposed faster than expected in the vicinity of the plant where it originates from (i.e. its ‘home’) relative to some other location (i.e. ‘away’) because of the presence of specialized decomposers.
Veen, G.F. (Ciska), Freschet, Grégoire T, Ordonez, Alejandro, Wardle, David A   +3 more
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Deer slow down litter decomposition by reducing litter quality in a temperate forest [PDF]

Ecology, 2019
AbstractLitter decomposition is a key process that allows the recycling of nutrients within ecosystems. In temperate forests, the role of large herbivores in litter decomposition remains a subject of debate. To address this question, we used two litterbag experiments in a quasiexperimental situation resulting from the introduction of Sitka black‐tailed
Chollet, Simon, Maillard, Morgane, Schörghuber, Juliane, Grayston, Sue, Martin, Jean-Louis   +4 more
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