This study serves as a proof-of-concept for further examination of factors that influence decomposition of AMF hyphae using similar experimental designs.
The quality of decomposing material can be altered in numerous chemical parameters known to influence decomposition processes (e.g., N content), with significant interspecific differences in alterations (Carreras et al. 1996; Alfani et al. 2000).
Moreover, cities not only affect the global carbon cycle through anthropogenic release of CO2 and storage of organic carbon but have long been observed to influence decomposition (e.g., Fenn and Dunn 1989).
We aimed to quantify how micro-habitats and combinations of litters of the introduced leguminous tree Colophospermum mopane with the grasses Cenchrus ciliaris or Lasiurus sindicus influence decomposition rate and soil nutrient changes in a hot desert silvopasture system.
Leaf-eating insects can influence decomposition processes by modifying quality of leaf litter, and this impact can be especially pronounced in habitats where leaf-eating insects reach high densities, for example in heavily polluted areas.
And Arpad Vass, who is associated with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Body Farm and has compiled a list of compounds released by decomposing humans, points out that the use of specific tissues versus a whole body and the isolation of those tissues in jars means the researchers are looking at just a subset of the bacteria and other environmental factors that influence decomposition.
While soil properties, especially soil moisture levels, influence decomposition rates, the moisture level of plant residue itself can differ from that of the surrounding soil due to the so called "sponge effect -water absorption by plant reffect -waterhe surrounding soil.
Given that phenolics represent one of the most abundant components in soils [ 8, 9] and that they affect the cycling of key nutrients to plants and soil microorganism [ 1, 9], it is indispensable to investigate the mechanisms by which phenolics influence decomposition biotically and abiotically and the degree to which these mechanisms will vary in response to environmental changes.
Effects such as current collector influence, separator influence, electrolyte decomposition and slurry composition have found very limited and non-organized reports in the current literature.
