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Article: New research on ecology from Colorado State University summarized.(Report)
- Article from:
- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- September 11, 2009
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According to a study from the United States, " There is mounting evidence that leaf litter typically decomposes more rapidly beneath the plant species it derived from than beneath the different plant species, which has been called home-field advantage (HFA). It has been suggested that this HFA results from the local adaptation of soil communities to decompose the litter that they encounter most often, which probably comes from the plant species above them."
"To test this hypothesis and to investigate how HFA varies over time and in relation to litter quality, we performed the first detailed assessment of HFA in relation to litter decomposition. We monitored ...