… ; laboratory analytical techniques; and data analysis. Despite the … methods used by lotic
ecologists attempting to simulate leaf processing in streams. We appraise the various techniques …

… Data analysis is a brief treatment of the statistical analyses pertaining to the methods … and
realistic range of techniques used to study the role of leaf litter in aquatic ecosystems and are …

… The most commonly used statistical method of examining decomposition data is the analysis
of … Changes in leaf litter when placed on the surface of soils with contrasting humus types. …

… used meta-analysis to assess the overall effects of litter on four … how these effects vary
with study method (field vs. glasshouse … evergreen tree leaf litter did so for establishment. All …

… Management practices can cause drastic changes in litter production by modifying species
com… Regression analysis of 30 litter removal studies in forests showed that the relative soil …

… of enzymic techniques to ecological studies of plant litter decomposition … approach to
decomposition studies. This potential is illustrated by discussing the role of cellulase in leaf litter …

… For this analysis I collected data from three main climatic … method for studying the early
stages of litter decay. I searched the literature for litter bag studies in which data on both leaf litter …

… promising use of leaf litter is as a source of protein which could be extracted from the leaves
and … owing to drying techniques are small compared with variations in litter weight from other …

… all the data necessary to support a full meta-analysis, we integrate results across experiments
in two other ways. First we use a vote-counting procedure (described more fully below) to …

… technique was used to quantify decomposition of leaf litter of … The initial organic constituents
of fresh leaf litter samples … were determined by the proximate chemical analysis [43]. All …