Meta-analysis shows experimental warming facilitated global litter decomposition and nitrogen release

Plant and Soil, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 4, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Editorial: Plant litter decomposition: patterns, processes, and element cycling

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 13

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025

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Soil arthropods make an important contribution to litter decomposition in both indigenous and plantation forests

Applied Soil Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 207, С. 105945 - 105945

Опубликована: Фев. 10, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Little influence of soil fauna on decomposition in successional upper Andean tropical forests

Soil Ecology Letters, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 7(2)

Опубликована: Март 28, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Causes and consequences of insect decline in tropical forests

Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2025

Язык: Английский

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A global dataset of diel activity patterns in insect communities

Scientific Data, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11(1)

Опубликована: Май 30, 2024

Insect activity powers ecosystems and food production globally. Although insect is known to vary with the rise setting of sun, there surprisingly limited empirical information on how abundance richness varies across 24-hour day-night (diel) cycle. Moreover, commonly used methods for sampling insects such as light traps do not provide suitable comparisons community properties between diel periods. We present a dataset 1512 observations during diurnal nocturnal periods in communities worldwide. The data were collected from 99 studies that systematically sampled day night, using minimally influenced by variation, movement-based interception traps. Spanning six continents, 41 countries 16 orders, can support investigations into factors influencing preferences well causes consequences temporal changes biodiversity. also provides key baseline patterns long-term ecological monitoring. These pursuits take added significance considering contemporary 'insect declines' increasing anthropogenic impacts

Язык: Английский

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Biodynamic Agriculture: Unknotting the Secrets of Sustainability

SpringerBriefs in microbiology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 85 - 97

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Unveiling and Understanding the Soil Biota

SpringerBriefs in microbiology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 5 - 23

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Higher Soil Mesofauna Abundance and Microbial Activities Drive Litter Decomposition in Subtropical Forests

Diversity, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(11), С. 700 - 700

Опубликована: Ноя. 17, 2024

Soil fauna play an important role in litter decomposition and affect the “home-field advantage” (HFA) of decomposition. However, how this effect is modulated by microenvironment needs further investigation. We conducted a reciprocal transplant experiment using different mesh-size litterbags across soil layers subtropical coniferous (Pinus massoniana) broad-leaved (Quercus variabilis) forests. Our results revealed pronounced HFA P. massoniana. massoniana decomposed faster its home habitat 40.6% layer 10.2% coarse mesh bags 21.8% 21.4% fine bags. Q. variabilis showed 10.8% 4.3% for bags, whereas it away 16.7% 20.6% respectively. Higher mesofauna abundance microbial activities forest compared to drive observed Especially layer, was 89.8% higher forest. Coarse generally facilitated rate layers, likely due better interaction between extracellular enzyme activity. The index exhibited distinct seasonal fluctuations, peaking October April within while peaks occurred August April. Notably, increase Acarina strongly correlated with enhanced effects during October. This study sensitivity underscores complex microclimate shaping interactions among microorganisms, quality, mesofauna, thereby enriching our understanding dynamics ecosystems.

Язык: Английский

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Litter invertebrates display greater differences among locations than grass species in a temperate grassland

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 3, 2024

Grasslands comprise a significant portion of terrestrial ecosystems, contributing an estimated 20% global carbon stores. Biomass is recycled in these systems by photodegradation, biotic decomposition, and through disturbances such as fire or grazing. Yet the diversity invertebrates their potential role decomposition remains unclear many grasslands worldwide. To help close this knowledge gap we conducted litter bag experiment to test for effects four grass species (two native two exotic) mesh sizes on invertebrate assemblages surveyed at three grassland sites southeastern Australia. We collected 7,933 across twelve arthropod orders found that all had diverse abundant community readily interacted with detached litter. Study site largest effect composition, differences Acari, Poduromorpha Thysanoptera. Grass identity also small but there was no size invertebrates. Conservation implications: both geographic floristic factors were important drivers variation communities linked decomposing Further research should focus quantifying rates nutrient cycling improve ecology.

Язык: Английский

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