عنوان

Plant Litter :

(Number (ISBN

3662053497

(Number (ISBN

9783662053492

Number

b579387

Title Proper

Plant Litter :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Decomposition, Humus Formation, Carbon Sequestration

First Statement of Responsibility

by Björn Berg, Charles McClaugherty.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg Imprint : Springer

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003. 2003.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(XII, 286 pages 9 illustrations)

Text of Note

1 Introduction --; 2 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.

Text of Note

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.

Ecology.

Life sciences.

Microbiology.

by Björn Berg, Charles McClaugherty.

Björn Berg

Charles McClaugherty

Electronic name

[Book]

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