In forest ecosystems, ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi play a central role in the breakdownof soil organicmatter (SOM).Competitionbetween these two fungal guilds has long been hypothesized to lead to suppression of decomposition rates, a phenomenon known as the ‘Gadgil effect’. In this review, we examine the documentation, generality, and potential mechanisms involved in the ‘Gadgil effec...

Introduced animals can indirectly affect decomposers through trophic cascades and habitat modifications, but whether their effects are strong enough to influence both the structure and function of decomposer communities remains unclear. We conducted an experiment on rat-invaded and rat-free islands off the coast of New Zealand to determine whether introduced rats affected the structure and func...

Seven reported xanthate ligands and their new Fe(II) complexes of formulaNa[Fe(R-OCSS)3], where R is ethyl-, propyl-, butyl-, pentyl-, Hexyl-, heptyl- and octyl-xanthate have been synthesized. They have been characterized using elemental analysis, molar conductance, FT-IR, UV-Vis and 1H NMR spectroscopic techniques and melting-, decomposition-points for ligand...

Abstract Background Rhizosphere fungi play an important role in plant community dynamics and biogeochemical cycling. While the drivers of fungal assembly have been studied varied ecosystems, it is still unclear how these processes function for rhizosphere soil temperate forests. Furthermore, unknown whether relative contributions determinants remain consistent or vary across ecological guilds. ...

Deadwood is involved in several important ecological roles, being the fundamental habitat of wood-decay fungi. At same time, this polyphyletic group fungi principal agent wood decomposition, regulating carbon cycle and food resource for many other organisms. It known that diversity community composition are related to tree species, decay stage size woody debris which they living. Nevertheless, ...

Octahedral anatase particles (OAPs) were prepared by hydrothermal (HT) reaction of titanate nanowires (TNWs). OAPs were modified with noble metals (Au, Ag, Cu and Pt) by two photodeposition methods: in the absence and in the initial presence of oxygen in the system. Photocatalytic activities for oxidative decomposition of acetic acid and anaerobic dehydrogenation of methanol under UV/vis irradi...

Understanding the context dependence of ecosystem responses to global changes requires the development of new conceptual frameworks. Here we propose a framework for considering how tree species and their mycorrhizal associates differentially couple carbon (C) and nutrient cycles in temperate forests. Given that tree species predominantly associate with a single type of mycorrhizal fungi (arbusc...

Abstract. Fungi and bacteria are the two dominant groups of soil microbial communities worldwide. By controlling turnover organic matter, these organisms directly regulate cycling carbon between atmosphere. Fundamental differences in physiology life history fungi suggest that variation biogeography relative abundance versus could drive striking decomposition matter formation different biomes. H...

MANAGEMENT of post-harvest residues, produced during the green-cane harvesting of sugarcane in Louisiana, has become an increasingly important issue for producers, particularly in areas where burning of the residues is banned or restricted. If the residues, which range from 4–8 tonnes per hectare, are not removed prior to the emergence of the subsequent ratoon crop in the spring, yields may be ...