Litter decomposition : a guide to carbon and nutrient turnover /

• Main Author: Berg, Björn, 1943-
• Other Authors: Laskowski, Ryszard
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2006.
• Series: Advances in ecological research ; v. 38.
• Subjects: Plant litter > Biodegradation.; Soil ecology.; Litière végétale > Biodégradation.; Écologie du sol.; Kohlenstoffkreislauf; Kompostierung; Müllkompostierung; Nährstoffkreislauf; Pflanzlicher Abfall; Electronic books.

Litter Decomposition describes one of the most important processes in the biosphere - the decay of organic matter. It focuses on the decomposition process of foliar litter in the terrestrial systems of boreal and temperate forests due to the greater amount of data from those biomes. The availability...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Litter fall
• Decomposers: soil microorganisms and animals
• Changes in substrate composition and rate-regulating factors during decomposition
• Nitrogen dynamics in decomposing litter
• Origin and structure of secondary organic matter and sequestration of C and N
• Climatic and geographic patterns in decomposition
• Anthropongenic impacts on litter decomposition and soil organic matter
• Methods in studies of organic matter decay.