They prefer flat areas of the forest with deep litter layers.

They often have a thick litter layer on top which is difficult to decompose.

The litterbag may also be used to study decomposition of the litter layer.

A natural fire regime maintains the open clearings and thin litter layer that the plant requires.

Certain plants are specially adapted for germinating and thriving in the litter layers.

The network then fills with organic forest detritus, forming a litter layer which can be a meter thick.

The needle cores remain on the branch, perfect for sustaining fire, until wind knocks them to the "litter layer" of the forest floor.

The dibbler's habitat is an unburnt vegetation area with a thick litter layer and sandy soils.

A litter layer of decomposing biomass provides a continuous energy source for macro- and micro-organisms.

Litter layer decreases and soil fertility declines.

Trigonopterus species inhabit primary tropical forests, both on foliage and edaphic in the litter layer.

As reed beds age, they build up a considerable litter layer which eventually rises above the water level, and ultimately provides opportunities for scrub or woodland invasion.

Many podsol soils form underneath coniferous forests, the fact that pine trees are evergreen causes a very thin litter layer inhibiting the production of humus.

Soil Mesofauna are invertebrates between 0.1mm and 2mm in size, which live in the soil or in a leaf litter layer on the soil surface.

Since the majority of Cesium was found in the vegetation and litter layer of the forest, the preferred method of disposal is incineration of infected organics.

Rainwater that had been locked into the soil through vegetation and forests was now running off too quickly, with each raindrop unprotected by plants or by a litter layer.

The big challenge is disposing of the Cesium-enriched ash that would end up in the atmosphere from burning all of the vegetation and litter layers of the forest ground.

It occurs in the canopy (i.e. canopy interception), and in the forest floor or litter layer (i.e. forest floor interception ).

A study was done on the eating habits of Arion fasciatus, which found that it does not find fresh leaves as palatable, likely because they generally feed under the leaf litter layer.

In the urban forests, with litter layers ravaged by worms, the best performer was the ferocious ailanthus, the namesake of the one in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

The community of decomposers in the litter layer also includes bacteria, amoeba, nematodes, rotifer, springtails, cryptostigmata, potworms, insect larvae, mollusks, oribatid mites, woodlice, and millipedes.

The litter layer is quite variable in its thickness, decomposition rate and nutrient content and is affected in part by seasonality, plant species, climate, soil fertility, elevation, and latitude.

Generally, oonopid spiders are found in the leaf litter layer and under rocks, but they also constitute a significant component of the spider fauna living in the canopy of tropical rain forests.

This detritus or dead organic material and its constituent nutrients are added to the top layer of soil, commonly known as the litter layer or O horizon ("O" for "organic").

Laboratory experiments suggest that the species shows a diurnal rhythm, of active locomotion and feeding at night, then inactivity in or below the litter layer during the day; the rhythm is entrained by light.