NDLI: Templates of food–habitat resources for the organization of soil animals in temperate and tropical forests

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Author	Takeda, Hiroshi Abe, Takuya
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	The functioning and structure of terrestrial ecosystems are shaped and maintained by plant–decomposer interactions. The food and habitat of animal populations are biogenic and are mainly of plant origin (plant litter) in terrestrial ecosystems. Primary resources of the food-habitat template for the organization of soil animals are provided by the primary production of plants, and are then modified through decomposition processes by microbial populations. In the microbial decomposition system, the efficiency of carbon utilization by microbial decomposers characterizes the decomposition processes between tropical and temperate forest ecosystems. Tropical forests show poor development of soil reservoir systems because of the high efficiency of lignin decomposition by microbial populations. The decomposition processes of leaf litter are described briefly for the understanding of organization of soil animal communities in tropical and temperate forests. A comparison of decomposition processes shows qualitative differences in decomposition between temperate and tropical forests. The composition of functional groups of soil animals is well explained by the decomposition processes in both forests.
Starting Page	961
Ending Page	973
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09123814
Journal	Ecological Research
Volume Number	16
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	14401703
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2001-01-01
Publisher Place	Tokyo
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	detritus food web functional group microbial decomposition system soil animals Behavioural Sciences Ecology Evolutionary Biology Forestry Plant Sciences Zoology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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