The decomposition of leaf litter is governed, in part, by litter invertebrates. In tropical rain forests, ants are dominant predators in the leaf litter and may alter litter decomposition through the ...

Litter fall in a southern Appalachian Mountain forest varied considerably along the edge to center gradient of different sized disturbance patches. Annual inputs in undisturbed forest were 534 g/m 2 ...

Radioactive materials including 137 Cs (cesium-137, half-life: 30.1 years) were released into the environment following the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. It has been about 10 ...