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Contrasting Effects of Leaf Litter Quality and Diversity on Oviposition of Mosquitoes
The quality and diversity of leaf litter are important variables in determining the availability of energy in detritus-based food webs. These factors...
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Leaf quality and macrofauna are more important than the presence of trees and shrubs in riparian vegetation for leaf litter breakdown in subtropical highland grassland soil systems
Leaf litter breakdown is a critical process in ecosystems, influencing food webs and biogeochemical cycles, particularly in inorganic soils such as...
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Temperature Sensitivity of Microbial Litter Decomposition in Freshwaters: Role of Leaf Litter Quality and Environmental Characteristics
Ongoing global warming is expected to alter temperature-dependent processes. Nevertheless, how co-occurring local drivers will influence temperature...
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Wildfires alter stream ecosystem functioning through effects on leaf litter
BackgroundWildfires have strong impacts on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, whose frequency, severity, and intensity are increasing with climate...
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Decomposition of reed leaf and non-leaf litter in the air and on the ground in the Yellow River Delta, China
The decomposition of standing litter is a vital but easily neglected process. Most studies always focused on the decomposition of leaf litter on the...
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Leaf litter decomposition rates in freshwaters differ by ecosystem
Terrestrial leaf litter is a large contributor to the metabolism and secondary production of freshwaters. Decomposition rates of leaf litter in...
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Leaf litter production and decomposition in a Riverine Mangrove forest in India
Leaf litter constitutes a major fraction in total litter production in mangrove forests. Its contribution to NPP of mangrove forests and carbon...
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Mechanical traits as drivers of trophic interaction between macrodetritivores and leaf litter
In ecosystems, the rates of resource consumption by animals drive the flows of matter and energy. Consumption rates are known to vary according to...
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Dual effects of drying and urban pollution on leaf litter decomposition and shredder consumption in permanent and intermittent streams
In the present study we investigated the combined effect of flow intermittence and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent on leaf litter...
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Different regulation processes of litter phosphorus loss for leaf and root under subtropical afforestation
Background and aimsDecomposition of leaf and root litter contributes large amounts of phosphorus (P) to soil and is strongly determined by litter...
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Land-use effects on leaf-litter breakdown in streams in a tropical lowland catchment
The expansion of oil palm and cattle grazing in the tropics continues to alter numerous ecosystem functions. The generated land-use change is...
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Weak responses of soil microorganisms to leaf litter inputs after native Phyllostachys edulis invasion into adjacent native forests
AimsMoso bamboo ( Phyllostachys pubescens ) invasions into native forest cause a series of ecological problems, including the alteration of soil...
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Leaf litter arthropods show little response to structural retention in a Central European forest
Decomposition of leaf litter is a central process of energy and nutrient cycling in forests, in which arthropods hold important roles. Thus,...
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Chemistry Matters: High Leaf Litter Consumption Does Not Represent a Direct Increase in Shredders’ Biomass
Changes in riparian vegetation can alter the input and quality of leaf litter in aquatic ecosystems, but the effects of these changes on litter...
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Cross-species coprophagy in small stream detritivores counteracts low-quality litter: native versus invasive plant litter
Understanding how stream detritivores can cope with riparian plant invasions is relevant to predict future impacts on detritivore assemblages and the...
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Fungal communities mediate but do not control leaf litter chemical transformation in a temperate oak forest
Background and AimsIn temperate forests, fungi are the main actors in leaf litter decomposition. Still, we have minimal knowledge of their influence...
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Leaf economics spectrum prevails over nutrient resorption in regulating the temperature sensitivity of litter decomposition in a subtropical forest ecosystem
The LES and nutrient resorption are thought to jointly modulate leaf litter traits, including the litter decomposition, but it is unknown how the two...
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Interactions between invasive New Zealand mudsnails and leaf litter: growth and decomposition
Freshwater ecosystems across the planet continue to be invaded by the New Zealand mudsnail (NZMS) ( Potamopyrgus antipodarum ), but factors that...
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Leaf litter dominance components respond to temporal variation in a tropical riparian zone
Temporal scale and biodiversity components define how temporal variation influences biodiversity. For Brazilian Savannah riparian zones, litter input...
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Leaf-associated macroinvertebrate assemblage and leaf litter breakdown in headwater streams depend on local riparian vegetation
Headwater streams harbor diverse macroinvertebrate communities and are hotspots for leaf litter breakdown. The process of leaf litter breakdown...
