Macroinvertebrate identity mediates the effects of litter quality and microbial conditioning on leaf litter recycling in temperate streams
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3790
Abstract: Abstract Plant litter decomposition is an essential ecosystem function that contributes to carbon and nutrient cycling in streams. Aquatic shredders, mainly macroinvertebrates, can affect this process in various ways; they consume leaf litter, breaking it… read more here.
Keywords: leaf litter; quality; litter; process ... See more keywords
Leaf litter breakdown along an elevational gradient in Australian alpine streams
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9433
Abstract: Abstract The breakdown of allochthonous organic matter, is a central step in nutrient cycling in stream ecosystems. There is concern that increased temperatures from climate change will alter the breakdown rate of organic matter, with… read more here.
Keywords: alpine streams; organic matter; leaf litter; litter breakdown ... See more keywords
Trophic discrimination of stable isotopes and potential food source partitioning by leaf‐eating crabs in mangrove environments
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DOI: 10.1002/lno.10553
Abstract: Diet composition of leaf-eating mangrove crabs is a puzzle among mangrove ecologists. Nutrient-poor leaf litter can in most cases not support animal growth. Food partitioning (mangrove leaves, animal tissue, and microphytobenthos [MPB]) of sesarmid and… read more here.
Keywords: leaf eating; leaf litter; discrimination; stable isotopes ... See more keywords
Strategies of shredders when feeding on low‐quality leaf‐litter: Local population adaptations or fixed species traits?
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DOI: 10.1002/lno.11745
Abstract: The linkage between leaf‐litter and macroinvertebrate shredders is pivotal for stream food webs. Global change is predicted to decrease the nutritional quality of litter inputs to streams. However, little is known about shredder's ability to… read more here.
Keywords: leaf litter; quality; quality leaf; low quality ... See more keywords
Effects of Phylloicus case removal on consumption of leaf litter from two Neotropical biomes (Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10201-020-00628-w
Abstract: Phylloicus (Trichoptera, Calamoceratidae) is a stream invertebrate widely distributed across Neotropical biomes, which larvae use allochthonous leaf litter as food resource and to build a case that offers protection against predation. Seasonal changes in leaf… read more here.
Keywords: savanna; leaf litter; case; neotropical biomes ... See more keywords
Leaf litter decomposition and nutrient release of three selected agroforestry tree species
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DOI: 10.1007/s10457-021-00606-w
Abstract: Investigation was carried out on leaf litter decomposition and nutrient content of three agroforestry species—Annona muricata L., Senna siamea (Lam.) and Cola nitida (Vent.) using litterbag technique. Oven-dry leaf litters of each species were put in 432 litterbags of… read more here.
Keywords: nutrient release; agroforestry; leaf litter; decomposition ... See more keywords
Interaction between invasive plant leaf litter and NaCl on two model amphibians
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DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1836-7
Abstract: Human activities are rapidly changing natural environments, often with harmful consequences for native communities. The introduction of invasive species is particularly damaging to native communities, especially when invasive species alter the chemical environment and create… read more here.
Keywords: leaf litter; invasive species; model; leaf ... See more keywords
Invasive lumbricid earthworms in northeastern North American forests and consequences for leaf-litter fauna
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DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-01959-1
Abstract: Colonization of North America by exotic earthworms has been implicated in undesirable changes in soil structure, nutrient cycling, and biodiversity. Invasion by putative European earthworms has a long history in northeastern North America. Partly for… read more here.
Keywords: leaf litter; northeastern north; litter fauna; forested sites ... See more keywords
Combined effect of nitrogen fertiliser and leaf litter carbon drive nitrous oxide emissions in tropical soils
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DOI: 10.1007/s10705-020-10094-6
Abstract: Intensification of agriculture in the tropics is likely to increase reactive nitrogen (N) losses in the form of nitrous oxide (N2O), however, drivers of emissions from tropical soils remain poorly understood. This study investigated the… read more here.
Keywords: fertiliser; tropical soils; litter; leaf litter ... See more keywords
The contribution of leaching to nutrient release from leaf litter of two emergent tree species in a Malaysian tropical peat swamp forest
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DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3086-6
Abstract: To understand the role of abiotic leaching in nutrient release within the nutrient-deficit tropical peat swamp forest (TPSF), an experiment was conducted over 30 days using leaf litter from two common emergent TPSF trees, Koompassia malaccensis… read more here.
Keywords: litter; leaf litter; leaching nutrient; nutrient release ... See more keywords
Effects of gamma irradiation on instream leaf litter decomposition
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DOI: 10.1007/s10750-021-04703-w
Abstract: Leaf litter decomposition is a key process in stream ecosystems, the rates of which can vary with changes in litter quality or its colonization by microorganisms. Decomposition in streams is increasingly used to compare ecosystem functioning… read more here.
Keywords: leaf litter; irradiation; litter; chemistry ... See more keywords