Background Knowledge of biological and climatic controls in terrestrial nitrogen (N) cycling within and across ecosystems is central to understanding global patterns of key ecosystem …
Numerous studies have demonstrated that fertilization with nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium increases plant productivity in both natural and managed …
Delignification, or lignin-modification, facilitates the decomposition of lignocellulose in woody plant biomass. The extant diversity of lignin-degrading bacteria and fungi is …
U Stockmann, MA Adams, JW Crawford… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2013 - Elsevier
Soil contains approximately 2344Gt (1 gigaton= 1 billion tonnes) of organic carbon globally and is the largest terrestrial pool of organic carbon. Small changes in the soil organic carbon …
Fungi are considered the primary decomposers of dead plant biomass in terrestrial ecosystems. However, current knowledge regarding the successive changes in fungal …
B Berg - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
For decomposing foliar litter in forest systems the pattern for accumulated mass loss vs time varies among litter species and environments. Thus, decomposition may be complete (100 …
The globally important nature of wetland ecosystems has led to their increased protection and restoration as well as their use in engineered systems. Underpinning the beneficial …
M Lützow, I Kögel‐Knabner, K Ekschmitt… - European journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanisms for C stabilization in soils have received much interest recently due to their relevance in the global C cycle. Here we review the mechanisms that are currently, but often …