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saprophytic Fungi --- parasitic fungi --- dead wood

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The present book gives a modernized and comprehensive overview of the degradation of major litter components as well as the sum of processes when forest plant litter decomposes, releases nutrients and turns into humus. Covering mainly boreal and temperate forests, the book gives a synthesis of the different sub-processes on the basis that decomposition is microbially mediated and develops a system in the decomposition processes leading to chemical changes in litter. Further, it introduces a conceptual model for litter transformations from litter fall until the decomposing litter accumulates as humus. The effects of substrate quality, climate, and their interactions on decomposition are presented as well as examples of litter types that break the basic pattern. A system is suggested for humus accumulation rates among forest systems, a system that may be a starting point for estimates of carbon sequestration in forest systems.

ECO Ecology --- carbon --- decomposition --- ecology --- forests --- humus --- litter --- nutrient cycling --- saprophytic Fungi --- soil ecology --- Ecology . --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Nature conservation. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Microbiology. --- Ecology. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Nature Conservation. --- Plant Sciences. --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plants --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Conservation --- Ecology --- Floristic botany --- Plant litter --- Soil ecology --- Biodegradation --- Plant litter - Biodegradation