JSTOR Daily

Fire enhances litter decomposition and reduces vegetation cover influences on decomposition in a dry woodland

Dry woodlands frequently experience fire, and the heterogeneous spatial patterning of vegetation cover and fire behavior in these systems can lead to interspersed burned and unburned patches of ...
JSTOR Daily

Termites amplify the effects of wood traits on decomposition rates among multiple bamboo and dicot woody species

1. Wood decomposition is a key process in the terrestrial carbon cycle, controlling carbon storage with feedback to climate. In (sub) tropical forest, termites are major players in wood decomposition, ...
Scientific American

The Secret Lives of Dead Trees

Mark Harmon crouches low next to log number 219: a moss-covered western hemlock tree trunk, five meters long, lying dead on the ground in the lush green woods. It’s marked by a thin aluminum tag. The ...
The Conversation

Wood beetles are nature’s recyclers – with a little help from fungi

Michał Filipiak received funding from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (GrantNo.DS/WBiNoZ/INoŚ/DS761) and the National Science Centre, Poland ...