Diversity is one major factor driving plant productivity in temperate grasslands. Although decomposers like earthworms are known to affect plant productivi... N Eisenhauer,A Milcu,N Nitschke,... - 《Oecologia》 被引量: 120发表: 2009年 Nutrient effects on the genetic and functional diversity of...
Within biomes, we observed consistent effects of litter nutrients and stoichiometry on litter C and N loss between ecosystems, but the effects of decomposer complexity differed between streams and forest floors in the temperate, Mediterranean and tropical biomes. Our results highlight that, beyond the...
Soil contains more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined1. Understanding the mechanisms controlling the accumulation and stability of soil carbon is critical to predicting the Earth’s future climate2,3. Recent studies suggest that decomposition of soil organic matter is often limited by n...
Templates of food–habitat resources for the organization of soil animals in temperate and tropical forests The functioning and structure of terrestrial ecosystems are shaped and maintained by plant鈥揹ecomposer interactions. The food and habitat of animal popula... H Takeda,T Abe - 《Ecological Res...
Uncovering the soil food web of a tropical montane rain forest in southern Ecuador using stable isotopes (15N). J. Trop. Ecol. 21, 589e593.Illig, J., Langel, R., Norton, R.A., Scheu, S., Maraun, M., 2005. Where are the decomposers? Uncovering the soil food web of a tropical...
Vertebrate scavengers and decomposers compete for animal carcasses in all temperate and tropical ecosys- tems. We examined the influence of carcass size, forest type, and air temperature on the fate of rodent carcasses at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, USA. Three hundred rodent carcasses...
The role of fungi in forest decompositionThe role of fungi in the decomposition of forest litter.(more) See all videos for this article Fungi are everywhere in very large numbers—in the soil and theair, in lakes, rivers, and seas, on and within plants and animals, in food and clothing...