Litter decomposition is controlled by three main factors: climate, litter quality and the nature
and abundance of the decomposing organisms. Climate is the dominant factor in areas …

This review reveals that crop residues of common cultivated crops are an important resource
not only as a source of significant quantities of nutrients for crop production but also affecting …

土壤健康是陆地生态系统可持续发展的基础. 作者通过概述土壤微生物学特性(土壤微生物群落
结构, 土壤微生物生物量, 土壤酶活性) 与土壤质量的关系, 阐明了土壤微生物对土壤健康的生物 …

摘要当前, 森林凋落物分解被放在陆地生态系统碳平衡背景下进行研究. 认识凋落物分解过程的
影响因素和影响饥理对理解地表碳平衡具有重要意义. 凋落物在分解过程中 …

Pseudoreplication is defined as the use of inferential statistics to test for treatment effects
with data from experiments where either treatments are not replicated (though samples may …

Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, 3rd Edition, offers a holistic approach to soil biology and
ecosystem function, providing students and ecosystem researchers with a greater …

For the past 3.8 billion years, the geochemistry of the Earth's surface-its atmosphere, waters
and exposed crust-has been determined by the presence of biota. Photosynthetic organisms …

Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive
synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between …

We conducted a meta‐analysis of previously published empirical studies that have
examined the effects of nitrogen (N) enrichment on litter decomposition. Our objective was to …

The carbon balance in terrestrial ecosystems is determined by the difference between inputs
from primary production and the return of carbon to the atmosphere through decomposition …