Bacterial community succession in pine-wood decomposition [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Though bacteria and fungi are common inhabitants of decaying wood, little is known about the relationship between bacterial and fungal community dynamics during natural wood decay. Based on previous studies involving inoculated wood blocks, strong fungal
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Veteran trees have divergent effects on beetle diversity and wood decomposition. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Veteran hollow trees are keystone structures in ecosystems and provide important habitat for a diverse set of organisms, many of which are involved in the process of decomposition.
Ross Wetherbee +3 more
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A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Significance Fungi play a key role in the global carbon cycle as the main decomposers of litter and wood. Although current climate models reflect limited functional variation in microbial groups, fungi differ vastly in their decomposing ability. Here, we examine which traits explain fungal-mediated wood decomposition.
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Interacting effects of insects and flooding on wood decomposition. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Saproxylic arthropods are thought to play an important role in wood decomposition but very few efforts have been made to quantify their contributions to the process and the factors controlling their activities are not well understood.
Michael D Ulyshen
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Surface Area of Wood Influences the Effects of Fungal Interspecific Interaction on Wood Decomposition—A Case Study Based on Pinus densiflora and Selected White Rot Fungi [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Wood decomposer basidiomycetes are the major agents of lignocellulose decomposition in dead wood. As their interspecific interaction affects wood decomposition, difference in interaction area may alter the magnitude of the effects.
Yu Fukasawa, Koji Kaga
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Dispersal changes soil bacterial interactions with fungal wood decomposition [PDF]
ISME Communications, 2023 Although microbes are the major agent of wood decomposition - a key component of the carbon cycle - the degree to which microbial community dynamics affect this process is unclear.
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Factors Controlling Dead Wood Decomposition in an Old-Growth Temperate Forest in Central Europe [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Dead wood represents an important pool of carbon and nitrogen in forest ecosystems. This source of soil organic matter has diverse ecosystem functions that include, among others, carbon and nitrogen cycling.
Mayuko Jomura +4 more
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Quantifying wood decomposition by insects and fungi using computed tomography scanning and machine learning [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Wood decomposition is a central process contributing to global carbon and nutrient cycling. Quantifying the role of the major biotic agents of wood decomposition, i.e.
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Wood Decomposition in European Rivers Increases With Temperature but Decreases With Human Population Density [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPlant litter decomposition in rivers is shaped by multiple environmental conditions, which are modified by riparian zone characteristics and human activities, thereby impacting in situ plant litter decomposition rates. However, disentangling the relative
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Tree species identity determines wood decomposition via microclimatic effects [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Empirical evidence suggests that the rich set of ecosystem functions and nature's contributions to people provided by forests depends on tree diversity.
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