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Plant Litter : Decomposition, Humus Formation, Carbon Sequestration /

By: Berg, Bj�rn [author.1].
Contributor(s): McClaugherty, Charles [author.2 ] | SpringerLink (Online service)0.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookBerlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008. Description: XIV, 338 p. 91 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540749233.Subject(s): Life sciences. 0 | Ecology. 0 | Microbiology. 0 | Plant science. 0 | Botany. 0 | Geoecology. 0 | Environmental geology. 0 | Nature conservation.14 | Life Sciences.24 | Ecology.24 | Geoecology/Natural Processes.24 | Nature Conservation.24 | Plant Sciences.24 | Microbiology.1DDC classification: 577 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Decomposition as a Process -- Decomposer Organisms -- Initial Litter Chemical Composition -- Changes in Substrate Composition During Decomposition -- Chemical Constituents as Rate-Regulating: Initial Variation and Changes During Decomposition -- Climatic Environment -- Influence of Soil and Plant Community Factors -- Decomposition of Fine Root and Woody Litter -- Models that Describe Litter Decomposition -- Decomposition and Ecosystem Function -- Human Activities that Infl uence Decomposition -- Estimating Carbon Sequestration Rates on a Regional Scale.
In: Springer eBooks08Summary: This fully revised and updated 2nd edition of Plant Litter focuses on decomposition processes in natural terrestrial systems such as boreal and temperate forests. The availability of several long-term studies from these forest types allows a more in-depth approach to the later stages of decomposition as well as to humus formation. It further briefly explores how processes are modified due to anthropogenic influences. Earlier findings are re-evaluated in light of recent research and with relevance to current areas of investigation. New concepts that modify or go beyond those already presented are covered and a new chapter on patterns of decomposition and accumulation on a regional scale was introduced. 0
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Decomposition as a Process -- Decomposer Organisms -- Initial Litter Chemical Composition -- Changes in Substrate Composition During Decomposition -- Chemical Constituents as Rate-Regulating: Initial Variation and Changes During Decomposition -- Climatic Environment -- Influence of Soil and Plant Community Factors -- Decomposition of Fine Root and Woody Litter -- Models that Describe Litter Decomposition -- Decomposition and Ecosystem Function -- Human Activities that Infl uence Decomposition -- Estimating Carbon Sequestration Rates on a Regional Scale.

This fully revised and updated 2nd edition of Plant Litter focuses on decomposition processes in natural terrestrial systems such as boreal and temperate forests. The availability of several long-term studies from these forest types allows a more in-depth approach to the later stages of decomposition as well as to humus formation. It further briefly explores how processes are modified due to anthropogenic influences. Earlier findings are re-evaluated in light of recent research and with relevance to current areas of investigation. New concepts that modify or go beyond those already presented are covered and a new chapter on patterns of decomposition and accumulation on a regional scale was introduced. 0

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