This estimate is consistent with values published in litter decomposition studies.

However, should precipitation increase as well, litter decomposition will be further stimulated.

Heat from the sun also promotes litter decomposition and stimulates plant growth.

In view of this, studies were carried out to determine if forest litter decomposition processes have been affected.

Another way nitrogen affects soil respiration is through litter decomposition.

The maximum release of nitrogen occurred during the winter through root and litter decomposition.

Influence of forest floor type on rates of litter decomposition in microcosms.

Its main goal is to determine the ecological processes that control leaf litter decomposition in river and streams.

Climatic controls on litter decomposition rates in Canadian forests.

Another method of control is to accelerate the leaf litter decomposition under the trees in citrus groves.

Ash had considerable influence on litter decomposition.

We investigated the effects of this conversion on litterfall, litter decomposition, and nutrient cycling.

Microbiota, fauna, and mesh size interactions in litter decomposition.

We used long-term litter decomposition data to estimate final decomposition levels using an asymptotic function.

Litter decomposition data of three different ecosystems are used to obtain estimates of the ratio ac.

At the local scale, the condition of an ecosystem can be measured using process indicators, such as litter decomposition or nutrient turn-over.

We tested whether upland or peatland location affected rates of litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics.

Long-term study of litter decomposition on a Pennine peat bog: Which regression?

Linkages between plant litter decomposition, litter quality, and vegetation responses to herbivores.

Nutritional and plant-mediated controls of leaf litter decomposition of Carex species.

However, litter decomposition rates appear to be sensitive to three key variables of temperature, precipitation and lignin to nitrogen ratios.

Effects of three rates of atmospheric nitrogen deposition enriched with nitrogen-15 on litter decomposition in a heathland.

Leaf litter decomposition and carbon dioxide evolution of some agroforestry fallow species in southern Nigeria.

Key words: bacterial population dynamics, mesocosms, streams, introduced bacteria, Cellulomonas sp., litter decomposition.

Microcosms, simplified analogues of natural ecosystems, are a useful tool for studies of litter decomposition.