Cover crops, planted during or after the main crop's growth, help prevent soil erosion, improve fertility, and increase the input of plant-derived nutrients. Soil degradation, driven by ...

1. The cycling of nutrients in litterfall is considered a key mechanism in the maintenance of tropical forest fertility but its importance has rarely been quantified experimentally. 2. We carried out ...

In the opposite case, where light is relatively less available compared to nutrients, the base of the food web is relatively P rich. The significance of this relationship lies in the fact that the ...

Detritivory and the stoichiometry of nutrient cycling by a dominant fish species in lakes of varying productivity. Oikos 114:419-430. Schaus, M.H., M.J. Vanni, T.E. Wissing, M.T. Bremigan, J.E. Garvey ...