Sentences with phrase «decaying leaf litter»
Large mounds of decaying leaf litter and soil found on the forest floor may be the handiwork of the orange - footed scrub fowl.
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In addition, naturally occurring bacteria found in decayed leaf litter can serve as ice nuclei at temperatures of less than about − 4 °C (24.8 °F).
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In one of the few such studies, scientists examined how dead leaves, roots, and other plant litter decay over a decade.
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«Decaying matter (dead wood and leaf litter) is processed so efficiently because of the abundance of decomposers including bacteria, fungi, and termites.»
If leaf litter stays unfrozen for just one more week, the additional decay adds more CO2 to the air.
What keeps soils alive, and productive, is the compost or humus of leaf litter, animal dung, withered roots and other decaying vegetation in the first metre or so of topsoil: this in turn feeds an invisible army of tiny creatures that recycle the nutrient elements for the next generation of plant life.