التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Humus Forms and Organic Matter Decomposition in the Swiss Alps. |
| المؤلفون: |
Semeraro, Sarah, Fazzari, Maud, Kipf, Pascal, Rasmann, Sergio, Le Bayon, Renée-Claire |
| المصدر: |
International Journal of Plant Biology; Sep2023, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p729-745, 17p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
HUMUS, ROOIBOS tea, ORGANIC compounds, DECOMPOSITION method, GREEN tea |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
ALPS, TICINO (Switzerland) |
| مستخلص: |
Humus forms and organic matter decomposition are influenced by climate, plants and soil decomposers. Yet, whether different humus forms could be experimentally linked to litter decomposition has still to be fully assessed. To assess the link between humus systems and organic matter decomposition, we worked in two regions of the Swiss Alps (Valais and Ticino) along elevational gradients by following a north/south exposure design. We quantified humus forms macrorests proportion types by the Ponge small-volume method and measured the decomposition of green tea and rooibos tea within the Parasystems and Terrosystems. We found that Parasystems and Terrosystems differed in tea decomposition rates, with a slower decomposition in Parasystems than in Terrosystems. We also observed that elevation, and hence, vegetation type (i.e., forest in the subalpine versus grassland in the alpine), drove humus form distribution, with Parasystems found in the alpine and subalpine in Ticino, while in Valais Parasystems were only found in the alpine and Terrosystems in the subalpine levels. Further analyses are however needed to identify other variables that best correlate with variation in decomposition processes within humus systems, such as soil decomposer community composition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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