
Litter Decomposition: a Guide to Carbon and Nutrient Turnover: Volume 38
Academic Press
Published on 31. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-12-373617-8 (ISBN)
Description
Litter Decomposition describes one of the most important processes in the biosphere - the decay of organic matter. It focuses on the decomposition process of foliar litter in the terrestrial systems of boreal and temperate forests due to the greater amount of data from those biomes. The availability of several long-term studies from these forest types allows a more in-depth approach to the later stages of decomposition and humus formation. Differences between the decay of woody matter and foliar litter is discussed in detail and a different pattern for decomposition is introduced.
While teachers and students in more general subjects will find the most basic information on decomposition processes in this book, scientists and graduate students working on decomposition processes will be entirely satisfied with the more detailed information and the overview of the latest publications on the topic as well as the methodological chapter where practical information on methods useful in decomposition studies can be found. Abundant data sets will serve as an excellent aid in teaching process and will be also of interest to researchers specializing in this field as no thorough database exists at the moment.
While teachers and students in more general subjects will find the most basic information on decomposition processes in this book, scientists and graduate students working on decomposition processes will be entirely satisfied with the more detailed information and the overview of the latest publications on the topic as well as the methodological chapter where practical information on methods useful in decomposition studies can be found. Abundant data sets will serve as an excellent aid in teaching process and will be also of interest to researchers specializing in this field as no thorough database exists at the moment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Students and lecturers in ecology and environmental sciences, researchers in different fields of ecosystem ecology and ecotoxicology, foresters, and nature conservationists
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-373617-8 (9780123736178)
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Bjorn Berg | Ryszard Laskowski
Litter Decomposition: a Guide to Carbon and Nutrient Turnover: Volume 38
Book
11/2005
Academic Press
€185.70
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Persons
Volume editor
University of Bayreuth, Dept of Soil Ecology, Germany
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Series Editor
Content
1. Introduction
2. Litter fall
3. Decomposers: soil microorganisms and animals
4. Changes in substrate composition and rate-regulating factors during decomposition
5. Nitrogen dynamics in decomposing litter
6. Origin and structure of secondary organic matter and sequestration of C
7. Climatic and geographic patterns in decomposition
8. Anthropogenic impacts on litter decomposition and soil organic matter
9. Methods in studies of organic matter decay
References
2. Litter fall
3. Decomposers: soil microorganisms and animals
4. Changes in substrate composition and rate-regulating factors during decomposition
5. Nitrogen dynamics in decomposing litter
6. Origin and structure of secondary organic matter and sequestration of C
7. Climatic and geographic patterns in decomposition
8. Anthropogenic impacts on litter decomposition and soil organic matter
9. Methods in studies of organic matter decay
References