Water, Rather than Temperature, Dominantly Impacts How Soil Fauna Affect Dissolved Carbon and Nitrogen Release from Fresh Litter during Early Litter Decomposition

Water, Rather than Temperature, Dominantly Impacts How Soil Fauna Affect Dissolved Carbon and Nitrogen Release from Fresh Litter during Early Litter Decomposition

Longstanding observations suggest that dissolved materials are lost from fresh litter through leaching, but the role of soil fauna in controlling this process has been poorly documented. In this study, a litterbag experiment employing litterbags with different mesh sizes (3 mm to permit soil fauna a...

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Main Authors: Shu Liao, Xiangyin Ni, Wanqin Yang, Han Li, Bin Wang, Changkun Fu, Zhenfeng Xu, Bo Tan, Fuzhong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
soil fauna
dissolved organic carbon
dissolved nitrogen
subalpine forest
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/7/10/249

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