Format:
Online-Ressource (XII, 286 p)
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online resource
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Biomedical and Life Sciences
ISBN:
9783662053492
Content:
The present book gives a modernized and comprehensive overview of the degradation of major litter components as well as the sum of processes when forest plant litter decomposes, releases nutrients and turns into humus. Covering mainly boreal and temperate forests, the book gives a synthesis of the different sub-processes on the basis that decomposition is microbially mediated and develops a system in the decomposition processes leading to chemical changes in litter. Further, it introduces a conceptual model for litter transformations from litter fall until the decomposing litter accumulates as humus. The effects of substrate quality, climate, and their interactions on decomposition are presented as well as examples of litter types that break the basic pattern. A system is suggested for humus accumulation rates among forest systems, a system that may be a starting point for estimates of carbon sequestration in forest systems
Note:
1 Introduction2 Decomposition as a process -- 3 Decomposer organisms -- 4 Initial litter chemical composition -- 5 Changes in substrate composition during decomposition -- 6 Influence of chemical variation in litter on decomposition -- 7 Climatic environment -- 8 Influence of site factors other than climate -- 9 Decomposition of fine root and woody litter -- 10 Models that describe litter decomposition -- 11 Decomposition and ecosystem function -- 12 Human activities that influence decomposition -- Appendix I. Glossary -- References -- Appendix II. Scientific names of vascular plants -- II.1 Gymnosperms -- Firs -- Hemlocks -- Pines -- Spruces -- II.2 Angiosperms -- Alders -- Aspen -- Beeches -- Birches -- Grasses -- Maples -- Oaks -- Other woody plants -- Appendix III. Site descriptions -- Stråsan, Sweden -- Jädraås, Sweden -- Black Hawk Island, Wisconsin, USA -- Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, USA -- References.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783662053515
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783662053515
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783540443292
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783662053508
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-662-05349-2
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