Litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems has a major role in the biogeochemical cycling
of elements in the environment. Climatic features, like temperature, rainfall, humidity, and …

Early studies of nutrient cycling in moist tropical forests described productive forests rich in
nutrients (98, 114, 176) in which rates of primary production and the amounts of nutrients …

Decomposition Processes in Terrestrial Ecosystems Ecosystem definition and classification
The significance of decomposition processes within ecosystems 1.2 Decomposition …

In the Amazon Basin, substrate lithology and erosional regime (seen in terms of transport‐
limited and weathering‐limited denudation) exert the most fundamental control on the …

Structure-functioning relationships. Types of mycorrhizae and their distribution. Structure of
the fungal symbiont. Structure of the plant symbiont. Structure and functioning in the field …

Much research has been conducted in tropical rain forests since publication of PW
Richards'(134) epic The Tropical Rainforest in 1952. Studies have emphasized the …

Above-ground dry biomass of living trees including palms was estimated in 65 1ha plots
spanning a 1000km2 landscape in central Amazonia. The study area was located on heavily …

Over time scales of thousands to millions of years, and in the absence of rejuvenating
disturbances that initiate primary or early secondary succession, ecosystem properties such …

Contents Summary 1076 I. Introduction 1076 II. Historical overview 1077 III. Identities and
distributions of tropical ectomycorrhizal plants 1077 IV. Dominance of tropical forests by …

Global change has been shown to alter the amount of above-ground litter inputs to soil
greatly, which could cause substantial cascading effects on below-ground biogeochemical …