Direct and legacy effects of plant-traits control litter decomposition in a deciduous oak forest in Mexico [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Litter decomposition is a key process in the functioning of forest ecosystems, because it strongly controls nutrient recycling and soil fertility maintenance.
Bruno Chávez-Vergara +4 more
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Leaf mechanical properties as potential predictors of leaf-litter decomposability
Forestry Research, 2023 The mechanical resistance of plant leaves to herbivores and physical disturbances have a lasting legacy impact on leaf-litter decomposition rates and nutrient leaching.
Wenshan Li +6 more
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Animals, 2022 In conventional rearing systems, fast-growing broiler chickens commonly experience welfare issues, such as contact dermatitis, walking difficulties or a lack of expression of species-specific behaviours.
Frédérique Mocz +6 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +2 more
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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
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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) +3 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 +8 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 +4 more
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Plant-microbe Interactions in Rhizospheric soil Treated with Different Quality Organic Residues
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2021 The objective of this research was to study plant-microbe interactions in rhizospheric soil treated with different quality organic residues in short-term incubation of the soil and subsequent planting of maize crop.
Saowalak Somboon +2 more
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