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Effect of Structure and Nutritional Quality of Litter on Abundances of Litter-dwelling Arthropods

American Midland Naturalist, 1984
Field manipulations of forest litter were conducted to measure effects of litter structure on abundances of forest floor arthropods in natural and artificial leaf litter. Artificial litter was made of nondecomposable vinyl. Both artificial and natural litter occurred in three structural treatments: flat, natural and complex.
Thomas L. Bultman, George W. Uetz
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MYCORRHIZAL CONTROLS ON BELOWGROUND LITTER QUALITY

Ecology, 2003
Plant productivity and ecosystem productivity are strongly influenced by nutrient availability, which is largely determined by the decomposition rate of plant litter. Belowground litter inputs (dead roots, mycorrhizae, and exudates) are larger than above- ground litterfall in many systems. Chemical quality and diameter primarily control decom- position
Langley, J., Hungate, Bruce.
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LITTER QUALITY AND THE TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY OF DECOMPOSITION

Ecology, 2005
The temperature sensitivity of litter decomposition will influence the rates of ecosystem carbon sequestration in a warmer world. A number of studies have shown that the temperature sensitivity of litter decomposition can vary depending on litter type and extent of decomposition. However, the underlying causes of this variation are not well understood.
Noah Fierer, Joseph M. Craine, Kendra McLauchlan, Joshua P. Schimel   +3 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 Michael Barker, David A. Wardle
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Long‐term responses of leaf litter decomposition to temperature, litter quality and litter mixing in plateau wetlands

Freshwater Biology, 2016
SummaryDecomposition of plant litter is a key process in the flow of energy and nutrients in ecosystems. The extent and mechanisms towards which climate warming will affect litter decomposition in plateau wetlands remains largely unknown.We conducted a two‐year litter decomposition experiment along an elevation gradient from 1891 to 3260 m in China ...
Guodong Liu, Jinfang Sun, Kun Tian, Derong Xiao, Xingzhong Yuan   +4 more
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Litter decomposition in Mediterranean ecosystems: Modelling the controlling role of climatic conditions and litter quality

Applied Soil Ecology, 2011
A new process-based model of litter decomposition, characterized by detailed climatic data input and simple litter quality parameters, is proposed. Compared to existing litter carbon models, specific imple- mentations for temperature and moisture limiting effects have been adopted.
INCERTI G, BONANOMI G, GIANNINO F, RUTIGLIANO, Flora Angela, PIERMATTEO D, CASTALDI, Simona, DE MARCO A, FIERRO A, FIORETTO, Antonietta, MAGGI O, PAPA, Stefania, PERSIANI A. M, FEOLI E, VIRZO DE SANTO A, MAZZOLENI S.   +14 more
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Abnormal fetuses and quality of litter

Животноводство России
Результаты эксперимента показали, что наличие мумифицированных и мацерированных плодов в помёте приводит к резкому снижению многоплодия свиноматок, но практически не влияет на крупноплодность животных.
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Litter quality and litter removal by the native fauna in the western Chaco woodland of Argentina

Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2003
Most researchers assume litter decomposition to take place at the site where litterfall occurs, mostly by soil micro-organisms and microfauna of less than 1 mm in size. Accordingly, the litterbag method has become the standard technique for evaluating litter decomposition rates (Schlesinger 1985, Wedderburn & Carter 1999).
Enrique H. Bucher, Patricia A. Torres, Adriana B. Abril   +2 more
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Litter quality influence on broiler productivity

Poultry and Chicken Products
The results have been shown in the paper of influence research of multicomponent bacterial preparation adding to litter on broiler productivity when kept on the floor.
Yevgenia Zhuravchuk, Anna Zaremskaya
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Control of leaf litter breakdown rates in streams by litter quality

2001
The importance of several leaf constituents in controlling rates of litter breakdown was assessed, a pivotal ecosystem process in forested headwater streams. Leaves of 26 tree or shrub species were assembled into monospecific packs (5 g dry mass), enclosed in coarse (1 cm) and fine mesh (0.5 mm) bags and exposed in a third-order mountain stream.
Harth Heleno, Oscar, Denny, Patrick, Gächter, René, de Ruyter van Steveninck, Erik, Gessner, M., Lubberding, H.J., IHE, International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft   +6 more
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