Wood use is expanding to new markets, driven by the need to substitute fossil-intensive
products and energy. Wood products can contribute to climate change mitigation, if they …

Through litter decomposition enormous amounts of carbon is emitted to the atmosphere.
Numerous large-scale decomposition experiments have been conducted focusing on this …

Soil organisms are essential for the functioning of agrosystems, especially in the process of
litter decomposition. Litterbags constitute one common way to assess litter decomposition …

Climatic factors have long been considered predominant in controlling decomposition rates
at large spatial scales. However, recent research suggests that edaphic factors and plant …

Abstract The Tea Bag Index (TBI) method was used to estimate the litter decomposition rate
in peatland exposed for climate manipulation (increased temperature and reduced …

Soils and crops in Mediterranean agrosystems are vulnerable to climate change and
environmental stresses, and they will be more and more in the next future. In this scenario …

The release of biochar (BC) on forest soil is a strategy aimed at increasing carbon reserves
and forest productivity. The effect of BC amendments on the decomposition of different …

Tundra soils are one of the world's largest organic carbon stores, yet this carbon is
vulnerable to accelerated decomposition as climate warming progresses. The landscape …

We tested the “home-field advantage” hypothesis, ie., that leaves decay faster under the
parent tree species in European beech, Douglas fir, and Turkey oak stands in a mountain …

Decomposition is one of the most important processes in ecosystem carbon (C) and nutrient
cycles and is a major factor controlling ecosystem functions. The functioning of Afromontane …