Berg, Björn, Lehrstuhl Bodenökologie, Universität Bayreuth
McClaugherty, Charles Mount Union College, Department of Biology, Alliance, USA 44601

Springer Verlag Heidelberg, ISBN-13: 978-3-540-44329-2
2003, 286 Seiten, 76 illus, Hard cover

• Introduction
• Decomposition as a Process
• Decomposer Organisms
• Initial Litter Chemical Composition and Factors Determining it
• Changes in Substrate Composition During Decay
• Influence of Chemically Varying Substances on Decomposition
• Climatic Environment
• Site Factors Other Than Climate
• Decomposition of Woody and Root Litter
• Models That Describe Decomposition
• Decomposition and Ecosystem Function
• Human Interactions With Decomposition